George R. Ellis
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George R. Ellis was an author, art historian and director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
from 1982 to 2003.
George Ellis was born in Birmingham, Alabama
. He received a BA in art history from the University of Chicago
in 1959 and an MFA in painting from the same institution in 1962. He began his career as a painter, but became assistant director of the Birmingham Museum of Art
and then associate director of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles
.
Highlights of his tenure at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
include establishment of the Academy Art Center at Linekona and construction of the Luce Pavilion. He served on the boards of directors of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, the East–West Center
, the International Arts Society, the Japan-American Society
, and the Manoa Heritage Society. In 2002, Ellis was received the Alfred Preis Award from the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education. His publications include:
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
from 1982 to 2003.
George Ellis was born in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
. He received a BA in art history from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1959 and an MFA in painting from the same institution in 1962. He began his career as a painter, but became assistant director of the Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art
Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama today has one of the finest collections in the Southeast US, with more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing a numerous diverse cultures, including Asian, European, American,...
and then associate director of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
Highlights of his tenure at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
include establishment of the Academy Art Center at Linekona and construction of the Luce Pavilion. He served on the boards of directors of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, the East–West Center
East–West Center
The East–West Center , headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific and the United States....
, the International Arts Society, the Japan-American Society
National Association of Japan-America Societies
The National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc. is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization located in Washington, D.C. that offers educational, cultural and business programs about Japan and U.S.-Japan relations to the public through its member Japan and Japan-America Societies...
, and the Manoa Heritage Society. In 2002, Ellis was received the Alfred Preis Award from the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education. His publications include:
- Casino, Eric S., George R. Ellis, Wilhelm G. Solheim IIWilhelm SolheimWilhelm G. Solheim II is an American anthropologist recognized as most senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia, and as a pioneer in the study of Philippine and Southeast Asian prehistoric archaeology...
, Father Gabriel Casal and Regalado Trota Jose, People and Art of the Philippines, Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1962. - Ellis, George R., Growing with the Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981.
- Ellis, George R., Hokusai and Hiroshige, Asian Art Museum of San Franisco, San Francisco, 2000, ISBN 0295977663.
- Ellis, George R., Japanese Treasures from the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, 1996.
- Ellis, George R., Oceanic Art, a Celebration of Form, San Diego Museum of Art, 2009, ISBN 9780937108468.
- Ellis, George R. and staff, A Decade in Retrospect. Works from Asia, Europe, The Near East, Africa, North and South America, Indonesia and Oceania, drawn from Museum Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, 1974.
- Ellis, George R. and Marcia Morse, A Hawaii Treasury, Masterpieces from the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun, 2000.
- Norris, BenBen Norrissee also, Ben Norris Ben Norris was an American modernist painter. He was born in Redlands, California in 1910. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona College in 1930, he won a fellowship at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University where he spent a year and then studied at the Sorbonne in...
, Margaret Norris Castrey and George R. Ellis, Ben NorrisBen Norrissee also, Ben Norris Ben Norris was an American modernist painter. He was born in Redlands, California in 1910. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona College in 1930, he won a fellowship at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University where he spent a year and then studied at the Sorbonne in...
, American Modernist, 1910-2006, University of Hawaii Press, 2009.