Eleanor Himmelfarb
Statement: not available at this time
Description of art from the artist's biographical summary: not available
at this time
Education: Studied with Morris Barazanik Samuel Himmelfarb, Abbott
Pattison, and Claude Bentley. Classes at School of Design, Chicago, IL
and the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Employment (teaching): 1994, Visiting Lecturer, Roosevelt University,
Chicago, IL; 1993, Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL;
1967-97, DuPage Art League, courses in painting and design; Rosary College,
Triton College, College of DuPage, courses in painting; Art Leagues: St.
Charles, Wayne, Naperville, Downers Grove, courses in painting.
Exhibitions: A selected list of recent group shows includes: Pelz
Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; St. Charles Art and Music Festival, St. Charles,
IL; John G. Blank, Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN; Lake County College,
Grayslake, IL; Norris Gallery Vicinity Show 1994, St. Charles, IL; Landscapes-Ruth
Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL; The Chicago Show, Chicago Art Institute and
MCA, Chicago, IL; Two Generations Chicago, Evanston Art Center, Evanston,
IL; International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL; Renaissance Society,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Selected recent two or three person shows include: Quincy Art Centre, Quincy,
IL; Fermi Lab, Batavia, IL; Johnson Count Arts Council Gallery, Iowa City,
IA; Barrington Centre Arts Council, Barrington, IL; Judson Colege, Elgin,
IL; Rosary College, Oak Park, IL; One Illinois Center, Chicago, IL; and
Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Solo Exhibitions: Gallery 72, Omaha, NE, 1997, 1988, 1981; University
Club, Chicago, IL, 1992; Chicago Street Gallery, Lincoln, IL, 1992; Sven
Parson Gallery, DeKalb, IL, 1988; Riverwalk Gallery, Naperville, IL, 1988;
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1987; North Central College, Naperville,
IL 1984; The Art Institute of Chicago Women's Auziliary, Naperville, IL,
1982; and College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, 1981.
Collections: Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL; American national
Bank, Rockford, IL; Harris Bank, Glencoe, IL; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago,
IL; Aurora Industries, Aurora, IL; Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago,
IL; Stroud & Waller, Evanston, IL; Ideal Industries, DeKalb, IL; Janes,
Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, IL; and many private collections throughout
the U.S.
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