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After marrying in 1880, he emigrated to Australia in 1884, arriving in Adelaide with the intention of becoming a professional artist. He established an art school at Norwood in 1886. Returning to England in 1895, he received lessons from Henry Moore RA and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Australia, in 1896, he opened 'Ashton’s Academy of Arts' in Victoria Square in Adelaide, where for over thirty years he was the best known teacher of painting in South Australia. His pupils included Ivor Hele, Hans Heysen, Hayley Lever, Frank White and Arthur Baker-Clack. He was an art teacher at Prince Alfred College for nearly forty years, and donated his art collection and library to the school. 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