Eleanor Best

Eleanor Best
Born1875
Amport, Hampshire, England
Died1957 (aged 81–82)
Known forPortrait and figure painting

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

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. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  2. ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 artworks by or after Eleanor Best at the Art UK site