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Elinor Proby Adams (18 October 1885 – 18 December 1945) was a British oil painter, 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. Her father's work took the family to Bedford, where Elinor was educated in local schools. 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. Upon leaving the Slade, Adams lived in Sevenoaks in Kent for many years and then in Surrey.

Between 1917 and 1941 Adams was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, with the London Portrait Society and at the Goupil Gallery. Between 1908 and 1941 Adams also showed on a regular basis with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. 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 British Museum.

References

1. ^ "Adams, Elinor Proby". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
2. ^ Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807-18830847.
3. ^ Josephine Walpole (2006). A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-504-5.
4. Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
5. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
6. "Elinor Proby Adams (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
7. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
8. "Collection search: Elinor Proby Adams". British Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

• 5 artworks by or after Elinor Proby Adams at the Art UK site

• 1885 births
• 1945 deaths
• 20th-century English painters
• Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
• People from Babergh District
• 20th-century English women painters