Elenore Abbott

b. 1875 — d. 1935

Elenore Plaisted Abbott was born in Lincoln, Maine in the year 1875. Abott would study at several different art schools including the Philadelphia Design School for Women (now Moore College of Art & Design), the Drexel Institue (now Drexel University), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), and the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Her rigorous dedication to learning would prove fruitful to her long-lasting career. Abbott would earn insurmountable success as an illustrator, and be known as one of the most prolific illustrators of illustration's Golden Age. Some of Abbott's clients included [i]Scribner’s, Saturday Evening Post, and Harper’s Magazine.[/i] And she even worked beyond this in picture book illustration. Abbott's illustrations for a new edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's [i]Treasure Island[/i] are a prime example of the influence of her former mentor, Howard Pyle. Later in her life, Abbott remarked her favorite pieces were created under his guidance. Abbott was a member of the Plastic Club in Philadelphia, an all-female sketch club that was created in response to the exclusionary men's club, the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Abbott married C.Yarnall Abbott and in 1907, they had one child, a daughter, Marjorie “Peggy” Abbott. Abbott's work is currently on display at the Brandywine River Museum.