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  1. Ranken photographed by Baron Adolph de Meyer in 1902. Covent Garden, a 1930 portrait by Ranken. Portrait of Ernest Thesiger by Ranken in Manchester Art Gallery. Warbrook House in Hampshire. William Bruce Ellis Ranken (11 April 1881 – 31 March 1941) [1] was a British artist and Edwardian aesthete. [2]

  2. Dec 14, 2013 · Artist Spotlight: William Bruce Ellis Ranken. A closer look at lesser-known works of an Edwardian portrait painter reveals another side to his life. Pipe Practice, 1918. Well-born and educated at ...

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  3. Dec 3, 2017 · William Bruce Ellis Ranken was born in Edinburgh in 1881 and enjoyed an idyllic childhood, spent at his parents’ successive Scottish country houses. He attended Eton College and 1899–1903 studied at the prestigious but liberal Slade School of Art in London under Henry Tonks. Here he met the actor, Ernest Thesiger (1879–1961), who would ...

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  5. William Bruce Ellis Ranken 57 artworks British. Born 4/11/1881 - Died 3/31/1941 Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

  6. William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881–1941) was an Edwardian aesthete. Ranken's first exhibition in 1904 at the Carfax Gallery in London was well-received by artists and art critics. [2]

  7. A view of Windsor Castle from across the river decorates the Doll’s House Entrance Hall. Though primarily a portraitist, William Bruce Ellis Ranken was also known for his meticulous interior studies of stately homes, royal residences and ecclesiastical architecture. In April 1922, Ranken was given a tour of Windsor Castle by Queen Mary ...

  8. William Bruce Ellis Ranken was born in Edinburgh in 1881 and studied at the Slade School of Art in London under Henry Tonks. Through his contact and friendship with the American painter, John Singer Sargent based in London at the time, Ranken received commissions from eminent American families, including the Whitneys and the Vanderbilts. He exhibited in Boston, New York and London, and was a ...

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