Eleanor Abrams

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Eleanor Abrams
Born1885 (1885)
Karns City, Pennsylvania
Died1967 (aged 8182)
NationalityAmerican
Known for Painting

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, known as Reconstruction Aides, [2] 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. [3]

She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, studying under Henry B. Snell and Elliott Daingerfield. [3] 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. [3] Abrams specialized in painting flowers, exhibiting at The Plastic Club, [3] the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, [3] and the Philadelphia Ten [4]

Abrams died in 1967. [1]

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References

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