George Samuel Elgood | |
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| Born | (1851-02-26)26 February 1851 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 21 October 1943(1943-10-21) (aged 92) Tenterden, Kent, England |
| Education | South Kensington Schools |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, illustrator |
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George Samuel Elgood[1][2][3] (1851–1943) was an English artist and illustrator who became well known for his paintings of formal gardens.
Elgood was born inLeicester, Leicestershire on 26 February 1851, one of a family of seven boys and two girls.[4] After a private education at various schools, includingBloxham, he studied art at Leicester Art School underWilmot Pilsbury, and then architectural drawing at theSouth Kensington Schools in London.
Elgood's father died in 1874 necessitating a return home to look after the family business, although he continued to paint part-time. He went on painting expeditions and holidays with his art school tutor Pilsbury, and had some lessons from local artistJohn Fulleylove who was his brother-in-law, as well as travelling and painting with his wife, Mary Wellington Clephan, who was also an artist.[4]
In the early 1880s, he was free to resume art full-time, becoming a member of theRoyal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) in 1882 and theRoyal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) a few years later. He exhibited several times at theFine Art Society between 1890–1925.
Elgood became known mainly as a painter of historic gardens, travelling throughout England, France, Spain and Italy in the course of his professional life. Many of his pictures were used to illustrateSome English Gardens (1904) by the famous garden designerGertrude Jekyll[5] andItalian Gardens (1907) which Elgood wrote himself.
In 1908 he settled in an old 16th-century timbered house called "Knockwood" inTenterden, Kent, where he designed and constructed his own formal garden in the grounds. He also designed and had constructed a farmhouse (in avernacular style) and two local war memorials.
He died at Knockwood on 21 October 1943.[4]
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