Antique watercolor " Venice street scene" by Ellis Luciano Silas ( 1885-1972), image size 19,75" x 13" He was born in London on July 13, 1885. His father was an artist and designer and his mother an opera singer. He was educated by private tutors before working in his father's studio, where he studied under the well-known artist Walter Sickert. Marine art became his main interest and he painted in English coastal towns. In 1907, he sailed to Australia where he spent time painting in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide before he settled in Perth. Provenance - Single collection of recently deceased James S Horigan who lived in England and owned gallery and later moved to Colorado.