Elinor Proby Adams

Elinor Proby Adams (18 October 1885 – 18 December 1945) was a British oil painter, book illustrator and mural painter.

Biography Adams was born at Sudbury in Suffolk. Her parents, who had married in 1884, were Clara Elizabeth, née Bradley, and Henry George Adams, a chemist. Her father's work took the family to Bedford, where Elinor was educated in local schools.

Between 1917 and 1941 Adams was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, with the London Portrait Society and at the Goupil Gallery. She was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists. She mainly produced oil paintings of animals, landscapes and flowers and also portraits. She also illustrated a number of books and painted murals. Adams lectured on craft techniques and was an art critic and reviewer for the magazine Home and Abroad.