Elinor Proby Adams (18 October 1885 – 18 December 1945) was a British oil painter, book illustrator and mural painter.

Biography

Adams was born at

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. Her parents, who had married in 1884, were Clara Elizabeth, née Bradley, and Henry George Adams, a chemist. Her father's work took the family to

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, where Elinor was educated in local schools. Adams went on to become a successful student at the

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in London. In 1908 she won a prize for figure painting and was subsequently awarded a Slade scholarship and the British Institution scholarship of £100. Upon leaving the Slade, Adams lived in

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in Kent for many years and then in Surrey. Between 1917 and 1941 Adams was a regular exhibitor at the

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in London, with the

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, with the London Portrait Society and at the Goupil Gallery. Between 1908 and 1941 Adams also showed on a regular basis with the

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. She was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists. She mainly produced oil paintings of animals, landscapes and flowers and also portraits. She also illustrated a number of books and painted murals. Adams lectured on craft techniques and was an art critic and reviewer for the magazine ''Home and Abroad''. A London street scene by Adams is in the collection of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Elinor Proby 1885 births 1945 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art English women painters People from Babergh District