1. Eleanor Coen established her art career during the great depression.
15 Facts About Eleanor Coen
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Eleanor Coen was at the forefront of Chicago art in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Eleanor Coen's work found inspiration the urban landscapes, her travels and the figure rendered in her signature figurative expressionist style.
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From 1939 to 1940, while a student at the Chicago Art Institute Eleanor Coen participated in the Depression-era WPA Federal Art Project in Chicago.
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Eleanor Coen shared a studio with Max Kahn and other artists Isadore Weiner and Misch Kohn in Chicago's South Side.
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In 1941 Eleanor Coen was the first woman to win the James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship, a $2000 first prize.
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People who won usually went to Europe but because of the war Max and Eleanor Coen decided to go to Mexico.
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Eleanor Coen completed a number of lithographs in that time frame and in fact, was the first woman to work for the TGP.
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Eleanor Coen was especially influenced by Jose Clement Orozco for his figural style.
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Eleanor Coen taught at SAIC Ox-Bow summer school of art in Saugatuck, Michigan with Francis Chapin.
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Eleanor Coen has had a long and successful career at the forefront of printmaking and oil painting and is a vital part of the art community.
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Eleanor Coen's work appears in numerous collections and museums including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Eleanor Coen has won numerous prizes including the American Color Print Society in 1953, Philadelphia Print Club in 1952 and the Chicago show.
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Eleanor Coen has won numerous prizes and now shows at the Corbett vs Dempsey gallery in Chicago.
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Eleanor Coen's work is displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Art Institute of Chicago.