Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes, was a British war artist and society portrait painter whose patrons included presidents, kings, queens, statesmen, sportsmen, prominent social figures and many members
Elwes leaving the White House after completing sketches of President Harding. (Photo by Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1922)
Lieutenant General R G W H Stone CB, DSO, MC, FRGS (1942) by Simon Elwes
Luke Andrew Cary Elwes is a British contemporary artist whose paintings capture his encounters with the landscape and with the elements. He gained prominence in the early nineties when he returned fro
Simon Elwes
…Simon's niece, Polly Elwes, was a television personality in Britain. Two of Simon's grandsons are the English actor Cary Elwes and English artist Luke Elwes. Simon Elwes' mother was so determined to have a painter in the family she studied art and herself started painting while pregnant. For his education…