Eleanor Best

Eleanor Best (1875-1958) was a British oil painter known for her portrait and figure paintings.

Biography

Best was born in Amport in Hampshire and studied at the Slade School of Art in London during 1909.^[1] She continued to live in London throughout her life, settling in Richmond.^[2]^[3]

Best exhibited at the Royal Academy several times, with the New English Art Club and also at the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers.^[1]^[2] She also exhibited in the United States and Sweden.^[4] The Contemporary Art Society hold examples of her work and she was included in the 1986 Slade Ladies exhibition held by the Parkin Gallery.^[4] From 1928 to 1930 Best exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.^[5] For several years she was a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
^ ^a ^b Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b RSMA (1996). A Celebration of Marine Art -Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Bounty Books. ISBN 978-0-7537-2468-2.
^ ^a ^b David Buckman (1989). Artists in Britain Since 1945. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0953260909.
^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 2 Bedeschini - Bulow. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 30729. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authors= (help)