John Elliott by José Villegas Cordero 1905

The Triumph of Time - John Elliott Mural - Botston Public Library

John Elliott (April 22, 1858 – May 26, 1925) was an artist, illustrator, and muralist. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

under

Carolus-Duran Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran (Lille 4 July 1837 – 17 February 1917 Paris), was a French painter and art instructor. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France. Biograph ...

. In 1878, he went to Rome to study with

José Villegas Cordero José Villegas Cordero (26 August 1844, Seville – 9 November 1921, Madrid) was a Spanish painter of historical, genre and costumbrista scenes. Early life His father ran a barbershop, and his family had their doubts about an artistic caree ...

and there met his future wife, Maud Howe, Pulitzer-prize-winning American writer and the daughter of

Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism ...

, the author of "

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." Elliott is known for his epic Symbolist murals including working alongside his friend and colleague

John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more ...

to provide murals for the Boston Public library, as well as creating a mural in the National Museum (now the

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* ''The Making of the First Musical Instrument , C. 1900 Oil on Canvas; 81.3 x 137.2 cm. (32 x 54 in.)'' Large Mural of

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reclining by a stream ( featured on pages 138–139 in the Biography "John Elliott: The Story of an Artist" https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014571718;view=1up;seq=202 Published 1930)...previously in the Private Collection of Maud Howe Elliott * a series red-chalk drawings making up a memorial collection of the

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and other Americans who died in the

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, currently in the

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. *''Triumph of Time'',c. 1901, a two-panel mural on the ceiling of the Elliott room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library. The mural shows 12 female figures representing the Hours spread among twenty horses representing Christian Centuries. The horses are pulling a chariot carrying a male figure representing Time. *''Julia Ward Howe'', 1901, red chalk drawing on gray wove paper. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1904. * ''Diana of the Tides'', 1908, a mural in the National Museum, now the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In the paleontology hall, but currently not visible due to a wall. *''Julia Ward Howe'', a portrait in oil on canvas, finished c. 1925 by William Henry Cotton after Elliott's death . On display at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. *''Chevalier'', a portrait in oil on canvas

Samuel Gridley Howe Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 – January 9, 1876) was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824 he had gone to Greece to ...

as Surgeon General in the Greek War for Independence, wearing the costume of a Greek soldier. It currently hangs in the John Hay Library at Brown University. *''Terrace Garden, Rome'', an oil painting on canvas depicting the artist's terrace at his apartment in Rome. It was painted at the request of

Larz Anderson Larz Anderson (August 15, 1866 – April 13, 1937) was an American diplomat and ''bon vivant''. He served as second secretary at the United States Legation to the Court of St James's, London; as first secretary and later '' chargé d'affai ...

, who met his wife

Isabel Weld Perkins Isabel Anderson (March 29, 1876 – November 3, 1948), , was a Boston heiress, author, and society hostess who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. Life Early life Born at 284 Marlborough Street in Boston's B ...

for the first time at this location.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, John 1858 births 1925 deaths Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English muralists Artists of the Boston Public Library 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists

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