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 The following information, written by Cecil Broome, is from the Bristol Savages, an art association of Bristol, England.
Born in Worcester, England in 1877, Ernest Board moved to Bristol at an early age. He was educated
at the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, then at the Royal College
of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. Later he joined the studio of Alfred.
E. Abbey.
In 1902 he exhibited at the Royal Academy. He joined the Tribe
in 1907 and was President in 1918. The most famous of his paintings, The Departure of Sebastian Cabot from Bristol, hangs in the Bristol Art
Gallery alongside which hangs another fine painting of great
personalities in Bristol`s history presented as a group meeting. Many
other of his works are also in Bristol Art Gallery.
He was commissioned
to carry out mural decoration in the Houses of Parliament and in the
Council Chamber of Bristol Corporation. He was also an excellent artist
in stained glass. Several of his portraits hang in the Wigwam. He was
with the Tribe until 1932. At that time he was far from busy and
depressed and he decided to leave Bristol and try his luck in London.
The hoped for luck in London, however, did not materialize, and he moved to
Farley Green in Surrey where he designed and painted an altarpiece.
He
died in 1934 aged 57. (Cecil Broome)
Internet Source:
http://www.bristol-savages.org/past-artists/15.html
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