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Eleanor Abrams
Born1885 (1885)
Karns City, Pennsylvania
Died1967 (aged 81–82)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

Eleanor Abrams (1885 - 1967), was an American painter. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten.[1]

Biography

Abrams was born in 1885 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. She worked as an occupational therapist during WWI.[1]

Abrams moved to Philadelphia at the age of twenty where she shared a studio with Edith Lucile Howard and Cora S. Brooks. She spent time in New York where she shared a studio with Mary Elizabeth Price.[2]

She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, studying under Henry B. Snell and Elliott Daingerfield.[2] She graduated in 1908.[1]

From a wealthy family, she was able to spend the winter months in Bermuda and draw inspiration from the gardens there.[2] Abrams specialized in painting flowers, exhibiting at The Plastic Club,[2] the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh,[2] and the Philadelphia Ten[3]

Abrams died in 1967.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Eleanor Abrams (1885 - 1967)". askART. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Eleanor Abrams". Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ "The Philadelphia Ten". Moore Women Artists. Retrieved 14 April 2018.