Evelyn Abelson | |
Birth Name: | Evelyn Levy |
Birth Date: | 1886 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | London, England |
Education: | Heatherley School of Fine Art |
Known For: | Painting |
Spouse: | Harry Abelson |
Evelyn Abelson, née Levy, (1886 – 7 March 1967) was a British painter.[1]
Abelson was born in London and was educated at Campden Hill School and at Queen's College, London.[2] She studied art at Heatherley School of Fine Art.[3] From the 1920s until her death in 1967 Abelson was a regular exhibitor of landscape paintings, still-life subjects plus architectural subjects and city street scenes, often of London.[3] She frequently exhibited such oil paintings at the Royal Academy between 1933 and 1963.[2] Abelson was also, beginning in 1925, a regular exhibitor with the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[4] She also exhibited with the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of British Artists.[2] [3] She was a member of the Society of Women Artists from 1936 onwards and showed a total of 88 works at their exhibitions.[2] Abelson lived in London for many years and her depiction of Trafalger Square is held by the British Government Art Collection.[5] [6]