Eleanor Merritt

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Eleanor Merritt was a graduate of New York’s elite high School of Music and Art, and received undergraduate and graduate degrees in Fine Arts and Education from Brooklyn College CUNY. Her training from Professors including Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, James Ernst, Kurt Seligmann grounded her body of work. Eleanor Merritt’s work is found in collections spanning coast to coast of the US and abroad. It has been well revered in numerous museums, universities, galleries, corporate offices, libraries, and art centers. In addition, her work has received numerous accolades.

John & Mabel Ringling Museum Special Exhibition

ACCOLADES

Accolades and Achievements of Eleanor Merritt

2017 : The Ringling Foundation: Association of Fundraising Professionals National Philanthropy Day
2015 : National Council of Jewish Women, Sarasota- Manatee chapter: Women in power honoree
2010 : Ringling College of Art + Design Creative Community
2006 : Sarasota Arts Council Arts Leadership Award
2005 : Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
1997 : Women of Impact Award, Sarasota County Commission
1997 : Education Foundation Sarasota, Edge of excellence award
1996 : Women’s Caucus for Art National President’s Award
1994 : Sarasota Artist of the Year, Sarasota Visual Arts Center

E Merritt Manatee Community College Interview

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TESTIMONIALS

As you peruse her gallery, her work is mostly figurative in nature and exudes personal expressions that radiate from her heart. Her heart was as rich and colorful as the paintings seen on her canvases. Much of her renderings don’t look as though they were created by the same artist.

Carolan Trbovich

She was a versatile painter, and her paintings were primarily abstract arts. In many of her paintings, she has used oil pastels to give it a rough feel. It is fascinating that her paintings ooze out a feeling of independent expression and a social message at the same time.

Joe Loccisano

Walking through the exhibit, certain consistencies in techniques manifest—the strong use of line and curve, the dynamic palette, a persistent figurative focus, and a penchant for patterning—as do differences, such as the continual shift in medium from acrylics to oils to water-based and mixed-media.

Eleanor Merritt

ABOUT THE ARTIST

John & Mabel Ringling Museum Special Exhibition

Accolades and Achievements of Eleanor Merritt

E Merritt Manatee Community College Interview

TESTIMONIALS

Carolan Trbovich

Joe Loccisano

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