Ellen Gertrude Cohen

Ellen Gertrude Cohen
Born25 August 1860
Marylebone, London
Died4 May 1946 (aged 85)[1]
Rome, Italy
Known forPainting, Illustration

Ellen Gertrude Cohen (25 August 1860 – 4 May 1946) was a British painter and illustrator.

Biography

Cohen was born in 1860 in Marylebone to Barnet Soloman Cohen, a merchant, and Eliza Myers Cohen.[2] She attended the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy of London. She also studied in Paris under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens.[3]

She exhibited her work at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water and Oil Colors, and the Paris Salon.[3][4]

Cohen exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]

Cohn created illustrations for a variety of British publications including The Strand Magazine.[3]

Cohen died in Rome in 1946, where she was living at a Franciscan convent.[1]

Images from the Illustrated London News

  • Jewish tailor's workshop 1891
    Jewish tailor's workshop 1891
  • Jewish tailor's workshop 1891
    Jewish tailor's workshop 1891
  • The Eve of the Sabbath 1891
    The Eve of the Sabbath 1891
  • Rabbi teaching Hebrew 1891
    Rabbi teaching Hebrew 1891
  • Russian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street 1891
    Russian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street 1891

References

  1. ^ a b England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  2. ^ 1861 England Census
  3. ^ a b c Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman. "Cohen, Ellen Gertrude". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ Darmon, Adrian M. (2003). Around Jewish Art: A Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, and Photographers (in French). Carnot. p. 48. ISBN 2848550112.
  5. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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