Theyre Lee-Elliott

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Theyre Lee-Elliott
With projections of his Speedbird and Airmail icons. The portrait was taken in his thirties by Gordon Anthony.[1]
Born
David Lee Theyre Elliott

(1903-05-28)28 May 1903
Lewes, England
Died24 December 1988(1988-12-24) (aged 85)
Chelsea, England
Education
Known forbook covers, posters, logos, scenery, ballet paintings, religious paintings
Notable work
  • Speedbird (1932)
  • Paintings of the Ballet (1947)
  • Crucified tree form – The Agony (1959)
MovementArt Deco, Modernism

Theyre Lee-Elliott (28 May 1903 – 24 December 1988) was an English artist who created notable Art Deco logos such as the Speedbird and painted the ballet and religious art.

He was born David Lee Theyre Elliott in 1903 in Lewes. He was educated at Winchester and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read theology but was a high jump champion, won a Blue for lawn tennis and represented England at table tennis.[2]

He graduated in 1925 and then spent two years at the

Daily Herald.[4] Other clients during this period included the tailor Austin Reed.[5]

He also worked on the scenery at

Isabel Delmer.[6]

After an illness in the 1950s, he produced religious art such as The Agony

Paris in 1965. His final years were spent in Chelsea, where he lived for most of his life.[8]

References

  1. ^ Theyre Lee-Elliott, National Portrait Gallery, 2015
  2. ^ a b c Bevis Hillier (1975), The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties, Crown
  3. ISBN 9781851495962
    , Lee Elliott was a pioneer of modernist information graphics
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781472569288
  5. S2CID 194092391
  6. ISBN 9781843838982
  7. ^ "Crucified Tree Form (The Agony)", Art UK
  8. ^ Composition of Three Dancers, Sarah Colgrave Fine Art

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