biographie de Eleanor DELAITTRE (1911-1998)

Birth place: Minneapolis, MN

Addresses: NYC, 1947-49; Wilmington, VT, 1959; Santa Barbara, CA, 1979; NYC, 1980s

Profession: Sculptor, painter, craftsperson, designer, illustrator

Studied: BMFA Sch.; & with George Luks, John Sloan.

Exhibited: S.Indp.A., 1934; Minneapolis IA, 1934-36; AIC, 1937-41; Buntman Gal., Chicago, 1938 (solo); GCE, 1939; WFNY, 1939; Contemporary Art Gal., 1939 (solo); Puma Art Gal., 1943 (solo); PAFA, 1947-49, 1954; Am. Abstract Artists, annually, as well as traveling exhibs., 1955-56; WMAA; AIC; Boston Art Festival; VMFA; Fed. Mod. P&S, annually; Fed. Mod. P&S, traveling exhib. (AFA), 1955-56; Santa Barbara MA, 1957 (solo); WAC, 1958 (solo); M. Diamond FA, NYC, 1982

Member: Am. Abstract Artists; Fed. Mod. P&S; AEA.

Work: PMG; Walker AC; Univ. Minnesota.

Comments: During the 1930s-40s, she created constructions of painted wood, colored plastics, and metals.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Diamond, Thirty-Five American Modernists p.21; Falk, Exh. Record Series.