English artist Peter Ellenshaw

English artist Peter Ellenshaw
Born in London, his artistic career has spanned more than seven decades. Considered the chief master of marine and landscape painting of his generation, Peter Ellenshaw worked with many acclaimed directors. In particular, Walt Disney, Stanley Kubrick and Michael Powell. He was the Oscar winner for special effects artist, film production designer, illustrator and designer of formal concept of “Disney Legend.” Beautiful works by Peter Ellenshaw decorate collections and galleries around the world. He has received numerous awards from many prestigious institutions. Among them the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the American Film Institute in Chicago. In February 2007, Peter died peacefully at his home in Santa Barbara, California. He was 93.

“… As soon as I start painting, it quickly begins living its own life.” According to Richard Lynch, his scenes are never static, they are infused with the same energy that constantly drives this artist.

John Milton wrote the poem “Paradise Lost” (Paradise Lost) in 1667.
And in the mid-1800s the French artist Gustave Dore engravings made ​​on this epic poem. Peter Ellenshaw made ​​a series of paintings based on this classic story of the Fall and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Here he depicts the Garden of Eden in all its beauty and grandeur. But soon with a vengeance Satan total paradise was lost forever.

The story of Angel and the rebellion Lucifer in heaven, his eventual defeat and exile in hell. In an effort to take revenge on God, the fallen angel appears in the guise of a serpent in the Garden of Eden. He persuades Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. Then God expels Adam and Eve from the garden, condemning mankind for eternity.

English artist Peter Ellenshaw

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