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Eleanor Coen
A Chicago Voice Forged in Color and Experience Eleanor Coen, born in Normal, Illinois, in 1916, was an artist whose life and work resonated with the spirit of her time—a period marked by economic hardship, social change, and a burgeoning artistic ferment. Her path to becoming a significant figure in American art wasn’t one of privilege but rather a determined pursuit fueled by talent and a relentless curiosity. The daughter of an Irish
druggist and a German mother, Coen found early solace and expression within the walls of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where she studied painting under Boris Anisfeld and lithography with Max Kahn—a relationship that would blossom into both artistic partnership and marriage in 1942. To support herself during her studies, she worked as a waitress at Marshall Field’s, a testament to her practicality and dedication. This early exp…
