Elinor Proby Adams

Elinor Proby Adams
Born 18 October 1885
Sudbury, Suffolk
Died 18 December 1945(1945-12-18) (aged 60)
Pembury, Kent
Nationality British
Education Slade School of Art
Known for Painting

Elinor Proby Adams (18 October 1885-18 December 1945) was a British artist who as well as producing oil paintings was also a book illustrator and mural painter.

Biography

Adams was born at Sudbury in Suffolk. Her parents, who had married in 1884, were Clara Elizabeth, née Bradley, and Henry George Adams, a chemist.[1] Her fathers' work took the family to Bedford, where Elinor was educated in local schools.[1] Adams went on to become a successful student at the Slade School of Art 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.[2] Upon leaving the Slade, Adams lived in Sevenoaks in Kent for many years and then in Surrey.[3] Between 1917 and 1941 she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, with the New English Art Club, with the London Portrait Society and at the Goupil Gallery.[2][4] Between 1908 and 1941 Adams also showed on a regular basis with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.[5] She was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists.[6] She mainly produced oil paintings of animals, landscapes and flowers and also portraits but also illustrated a number of books and painted murals.[2][6] Adams lectured on craft techniques and was an art critic and reviewer for the magazine Home and Abroad.[2] A London street scene by Adams is in the collection of the British Museum.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Adams, Elinor Proby". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807 18830847.
  3. ↑ Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 173 2.
  4. ↑ David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  5. ↑ "Elinor Proby Adams (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  7. ↑ "Collection search: Elinor Proby Adams". British Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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