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An example of work by Eleanor Brockenbrough
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Biography written and submitted by Daniel R. Gordon, Collector, Pensacola, Florida:
Eleanor Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette, Indiana on March 12,1880 and was one of Indiana's historic women artists as recognized by the Indiana Historical Society. Painting during a time when the art movement in Indiana drew national acclaim for its male members, Brockenbrough was one of the many talented Indiana women who chose to explore their creativity and seek training in art. She studied at the Ferry Hall Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois and the Art Institute of Chicago. Instructors included: Eric Pape, Boston; Frederick F. Fursman, Saugatuck, Michigan; Charles H. Hawthorne, Hugh H. Breckenridge, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Her exhibitions included the Hoosier Salon 1925-27, 1929-31; Annual Exhibition of Work by Indiana Artists, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, 1925 (Second Prize); Annual Exhibit of Indiana Painters, Richmond Art Association, Richmond, Indiana, 1926; "Paintings of Flowers and Garden Scenes," Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana, 1930.
She was a member of the North Shore Arts Association; Indiana Artists Club; Hoosier Salon Patrons Association; Lafayette Art Association (elected first woman president in 1929); Lafayette Art Club; and the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Association.
Her works can be found at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette; Indiana Memorial Union Collection, Indiana University, Bloomington; Fort Wayne Museum of Art; and Purdue University.
Eleanor Brockenbrough died 5 November, 1938 in Lafayette, Indiana having embraced the Christian Science faith at the end of her life.
Sources include:
(1) Skirting the Issue Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists by Judith Vale Newton and Carol Ann Weiss
(2) Creating History: Indiana's Historic Women Artists Exhibition (Indiana Historical Society)
Awards:
Second Prize, Annual Exhibition of Work by Indiana Artists, 1925
Museums:
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, Indiana
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Exhibitions:
Hoosier Salon, Chicago, 1925-27, 1929-31
Annual Exhibition of Work by Indiana Artists, John Herron Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1925
Annual Exhibition of Indiana Painters, Richmond Art Association, Richmond, Indiana, 1926
"Paintings of Flowers and Garden Scenes", Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Munice, Indiana, 1930
Associations:
North Shore Arts Association; Indiana Artists Club; Hoosier Salon Patrons Association;
Lafayette Art Association (Elected 1st women president, 1929); Lafayette Art Club; Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Association
Source:
American Art Review, January 2005
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