Eleanor Best

Eleanor Best (1875-1957) was a British oil painter known for her portrait and figure paintings.

Eleanor Best
Born1875
Amport, Hampshire
Died1957 (aged 81–82)
NationalityBritish
EducationSlade School of Art
Known forPortrait and figure painting

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]

References
  1. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  2. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. RSMA (1996). A Celebration of Marine Art -Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Bounty Books. ISBN 978-0-7537-2468-2.
  4. David Buckman (1989). Artists in Britain Since 1945. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0953260909.
  5. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 2 Bedeschini - Bulow. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 30729.

4 paintings by or after Eleanor Best at the Art UK site

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