15 Facts About Elenore Abbott

Elenore Plaisted Abbott was an American book illustrator, scenic designer, and painter.

Elenore Abbott illustrated early 20th-century editions of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Robinson Crusoe, and Kidnapped.

Several books were published as illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott and Helen Alden Knipe.

Elenore Abbott was among a group of New Women who sought educational and professional opportunities for women, including creating professional art associations like The Plastic Club to promote their work.

Elenore Abbott was married to fellow artist and lawyer C Yarnall Abbott.

Elenore Abbott studied art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in Paris, France at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, where her work was exhibited.

Elenore Abbott was influenced significantly by Howard Pyle, her instructor at the Drexel Institute.

Elenore Abbott said later in her life that she created her favorite pieces under his tutelage.

Elenore Abbott, known for her book illustrations, was a landscape and portrait painter and scenic designer, including work for Hedgerow Theatre's production of The Emperor Jones.

Elenore Abbott produced illustrations for Harper's Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, and Scribner's magazines.

Elenore Abbott loves her fairy tales, and no child who receives such a book will be disappointed.

Elenore Abbott is not on the surface a clever artist; her active, vigorous yet idealist's mind is brought into subjection and guides the long sensitive fingers that hold the water color brush.

Elenore Abbott was a member of the Philadelphia Water Color Club and Philadelphia's The Plastic Club, an organization established by women artists to promote "Art for art's sake".

Elenore Abbott's husband designed the family house with a studio for Elenore and himself.

Elenore Abbott made the following watercolor paintings by 1916, when they were exhibited at the Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition:.