Eleanor Abrams (1885 - 1967) was an American painter. She was an original member of the

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Biography

Abrams was born in 1885 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. She worked as an occupational therapist, known as Reconstruction Aides, during

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. 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. She attended the

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, studying under Henry B. Snell and

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. She graduated in 1908. From a wealthy family, she was able to spend the winter months in Bermuda and draw inspiration from the gardens there. Abrams specialized in painting flowers, exhibiting at

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, the

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, and the Philadelphia Ten Abrams died in 1967.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Eleanor 1885 births 1967 deaths 20th-century American women artists Painters from Pennsylvania Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni Occupational therapists