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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, c. 1900
Born 25 January 1872
Upper Norwood, Surrey
Died 10 March 1945(1945-03-10) (aged 73)
Nationality British
Alma mater
Known for Painting

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (born January 25, 1872 – died March 10, 1945) was a talented British artist. She was famous for her beautiful paintings, detailed book illustrations, and even some amazing stained glass artworks.

Life of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale was born in Upper Norwood, Surrey. Her father was a lawyer. She first studied art at the Crystal Palace School of Art. Later, in 1896, she joined the Royal Academy Schools.

In the same year, she showed her art at the Royal Academy. She also won a prize for designing a curved painting called Spring. Her first big painting was The Pale Complexion of True Love (1899). Soon, she began showing her oil paintings at the Royal Academy. She also had many solo shows for her watercolours at the Dowdeswell Gallery.

While at the academy, Eleanor was inspired by John Byam Liston Shaw. He was an artist who was influenced by John William Waterhouse. When Byam Shaw started his own art school in 1911, Eleanor became a teacher there.

In 1909, Ernest Brown asked Eleanor to create 28 watercolour pictures. These were for a special book of poems called Idylls of the King by Tennyson. Eleanor worked on these for two years. They were shown in a gallery in 1911. The next year, 24 of these pictures were published in a fancy edition of the first four Idylls.

For much of her career, she lived in Holland Park Road. This was across from Leighton House, where she had an exhibition in 1904.

Eleanor also showed her work at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art in 1921. Her memorial artwork for World War I, from 1921, is in York Minster. This piece honors the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Later in her life, she also created art using stained glass. Eleanor was a very religious Christian. She gave some of her artworks to churches. Some of her most famous works are The Uninvited Guest and Guinevere. She passed away on March 10, 1945. She is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Books Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale brought many stories to life with her illustrations. Here are some of the books she worked on:

  • Poems by Tennyson, 1905
  • Pippa Passes by Robert Browning, 1908
  • Men and Women by Browning, 1908
  • Dramatis Personae by Browning, 1909
  • Dramatic Romances and Lyrics by Browning, 1909
  • Idylls of the King by Tennyson, 1911
  • Story of St Elizabeth of Hungary by WM Canton, 1912
  • Book of Ols English Songs and Ballaids by WM Canton, 1915
  • Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale's Golden Book of Famous Women, 1919
  • The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleure and Blanchfleure, 1922
  • Carols, 1925
  • Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics published by Palgrave, 1925
  • A Diary of an Eighteenth Century Garden, Calthorp, 1926.

Artworks by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Here are some examples of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale's beautiful paintings:

  • Brickdale, Fortescue -The Uninvited Guest -1906-

    The Uninvited Guest, 1906.

  • They toil not, neither do they spin

    They toil not, neither do they spin

  • The introduction

    The introduction

  • Riches Brickdale

    Riches

Illustrations from Golden Book of Famous Women (1919)

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale also created many illustrations for her own book, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale's Golden Book of Famous Women. Here are some of them:

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