Eleanor Coen
Eleanor Coen | |
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Born | Normal, Illinois | October 21, 1916
Died | July 9, 2010 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts | (aged 93)
Nationality | American |
Education | Art Institute of Chicago |
Known for | 20th century color lithography and painting |
Spouse | Max Kahn |
Awards | Philadelphia Print Club (1952) American Color Print Society 1953 James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship at SAIC |
Website | www |
Eleanor Coen (October 21, 1916 – July 9, 2010)[1][2] was an American painter.
Biography
Coen was born October 21, 1916, in Normal, Illinois. Both a student (and later teacher) at the Art Institute of Chicago, Coen studied there with Boris Anisfeld, Francis Chapin and Max Kahn. She married Kahn in 1942.
She established her art career during the great depression. In the Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project (WPA_FAP) she and her husband Max Kahn helped forge a tradition of 20th century color lithography and painting. She was at the forefront of Chicago art in the 1940s and 1950s. Her work found inspiration the urban landscapes, her travels and the figure rendered in her signature figurative expressionist style.
From 1939 to 1940, while a student at the Chicago Art Institute Coen participated in the Depression-era WPA
Coen's work is displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum[3] and Art Institute of Chicago.[4]
References
- ^ "Eleanor Coen". New Deal Art Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Eleanor Coen Education". E. Coen the artist and the woman. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Eleanor Coen". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Coen, Eleanor". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 5 September 2017.