Eleanor S. Gray (Mrs. J. Maurice Gray)
Harry Rosin
A patron of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eleanor Gray (1920-1967) also had a strong interest in the visual arts and studied painting at the Academy from 1960 to 1963. She and her husband, established a student prize for still-life painting in 1961 that evolved into the purchase prize named for her. Her husband had this bust commissioned shortly after her death. Rosin was given portraits as a guide.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1897-1973)
Date
1967
Medium
Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions
21 x 19 x 10 in. (53.34 x 48.26 x 25.4 cm.)
Accession #
1968.9
Credit Line
Gift of J. Maurice Gray
Copyright
© artist or artist’s estate
Category
Subject
