Eleanor Best
British painter
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Biography
Best was born in Amport in Hampshire and studied at the Slade School of Art in London during 1909.[1] She continued to live in London throughout her life, settling in Richmond.[2][3]
Best exhibited at the Royal Academy several times, with the New English Art Club and also at the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers.[1][2] She also exhibited in the United States and Sweden.[4] The Contemporary Art Society hold examples of her work and she was included in the 1986 Slade Ladies exhibition held by the Parkin Gallery.[4] From 1928 to 1930 Best exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.[5] For several years she was a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.[3]