This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The name Ernst is incorrect. All sources that are contemporary with his life, from birth certificate onwards, show his first name as Ernest. This is what one would expect for someone born in Australia to English emigrant parents; the form "Ernst" is largely an American variant which you would not expect to find in someone of English extraction.
The first use of "Ernst" is on his death certificate; this is perhaps an unsurprising mistake as Christmas died in Hawaii and it would be not unnatural for either the notifier, or registrar, to record the common American form. The error has been variously repeated in publications over the years, but is clearly not supported by any lifetime source.
Submitted by Paul Cassidy on behalf of ErnestWilliamChristmas.com
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Biography from Askart.com:
| E.W. Christmas was born in Australia in 1863 and studied art in Adelaide, Sydney and in London. He painted widely in England, exhibiting in the early years of the century at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Glasglow Institute of Fine Arts and in the provinces.
Ernest William Christmas was elected to the Royal British Aacdemy in 1909. In 1910-11, he painted mountains and lakes in Argentina and Chile. He moved to New Zealand, settling first in Wellington, then in Auckland, exhibiting his landscapes with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1905 to 1908. He died in Honolulu on 30th July 1918, and his work is represented in major New Zealand collections including the Turnball and Hocken Libaries.
Submitted by CP Art (New Zealand)
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Ernest Christmas is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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