Robert Ellin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Robert Ellin

American artist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1837

Place of Birth: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: sculptor, wood carver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Robert Ellin

  • Robert Ellin (1837–1904) was an English-born American stone and wood sculptor. Ellin was born December 21, 1837 in Yorkshire, England.
  • He was active in the United States 1867 to 1904.
  • Not much is known about his life until his association with a fellow Englishman and Yorkshireman John William Kitson.
  • Together they entered a mahogony breakfront in the 1876 Bi-Centential juried event in which they won a prize and much acclaim. Robert Ellin established his firm as Robert Ellin & Co circa 1870 in NYC.
  • He and John William Kitson joined forces in 1874 before the 1876 Bi-Centennial as Robert Ellin and Company.
  • In 1879 they formally changed the firm's name to Ellin & Kitson.
  • Following the early death of William Kitson in February 1888, the name of the firm was changed to Ellin, Kitson and Company.
  • The Estate of John William Kitson became a silent partner until the estate sale of the business in 1904. Ellin is mentioned in A History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art" 1913 by Howe and Kent. Robert Ellin was an astute businessman and promoter of his firm.
  • In order to control costs he became involved in many mining and other supplies businesses.
  • In 1872 Robert Ellin was elected a director of the Bay of Fundy Red Granite Company located in St.
  • George, New Brunswick, Canada; Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Works; 1893 The Goodsell Marble Company Newark NJ.
  • He was active in establishing the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was an officer of the Sculpture Society covering stone. In July 1874 he filed for a trade mark name of Terra-Cotta in the Great Britain Patent Office In 1899 Ellin filed for a U S patent of a design for crushing or grinding mill, which was awarded to him in May 1900 Patent # 650, 798.
  • He is also noted to have carved the cherry frieze in Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts between 1872 and 1875.
  • Much of the finest work done by Ellin & Kitson has been in the magnificent group of private residences which have been the nucleus of our American art life ...sculpturing formalizing their partnership with emphasis in churches.
  • They have been noted as specialty contractors in many buildings from NYC to Boston.
  • Please see Ellin & Kitson for a list of some of the buildings with which they are associated. In 1900 census he is noted to be living in Westchester, New York.
  • He died February 3, 1904 in Yonkers, NY.
  • At the time of his death, Ellin, Kitson & Co were working on Senator Clark of Montana's NYC home. Ellin & Kitson worked with many notable architects and designers of the day: Thomas Wisedell, J C Cady, Robert J Withers, Vaux/ Withers, George B.
  • Post, Kimball & Wisedell, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Richard Hunt among them.

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