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

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. She attended the

Philadelphia School of Design for Women Philadelphia School of Design for Women (1848–1932) was an art school for women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Housed in the former Edwin Forrest House at 1346 North Broad Street, under the directorship of Emily Sartain (1886–1920), ...

, studying under

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and Elliott Daingerfield. 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