Ellen Gertrude Cohen
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Ellen Gertrude Cohen | |
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| Born | 25 August 1860 Marylebone, London |
| Died | 4 May 1946 (aged 85)[1] Rome, Italy |
| Known for | Painting, Illustration |
Ellen Gertrude Cohen (25 August 1860 – 4 May 1946) was a British painter and illustrator.
Cohen was born in 1860 in Marylebone to Barnet Soloman Cohen, a merchant, and Eliza Myers Cohen.[2] She attended the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy of London. She also studied in Paris under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens.[3]
She exhibited her work at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water and Oil Colors, and the Paris Salon.[3][4]
Cohen exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]
Cohn created illustrations for a variety of British publications including The Strand Magazine.[3]
Cohen died in Rome in 1946, where she was living at a Franciscan convent.[1]
