| Ella Rose Curtois | |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Branston, Lincolnshire |
| Death Date: | 23 March 1944 (aged 84) |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Known For: | Sculpture |
Ella Rose Curtois (23 March 1860 – 23 March 1944) was a British artist, known for her sculptures in marble and terracotta.
Curtois was born at Branston in Lincolnshire.[1] Her parents were Atwill Curtois, rector of the village, and his wife Anne Henrietta, who had eleven children between them.[2] [1] Ella Rose Curtois created sculpture pieces in both marble and terracotta, usually of genre subjects and portraits.[1] [3] Between 1885 and 1897 she exhibited several works at the Royal Academy in London and at the Paris Salon.[1] [3] Ella Rose Curtois and her father were responsible for carving the choir screen in Branston church, most of which was destroyed in a fire on Christmas Day 1962.[4] However, several of her carvings were saved and remounted in the casing of a new church organ.[5]
Curtois lived most of her life in London and in Paris where she died during World War II. Her will left a few small legacies to a friend, but the residue went to the Usher Gallery in Lincoln and was used to erect a new gallery which was opened there in 1959.[6] One of her sisters, Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois was a painter and artist of some note.[7]