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[{{cite web |title=Firewomen Resting, London Blitz |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/firewomen-resting-london-blitz-338612 |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=15 April 2026 |language=en}}]
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==Biography== |
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Abrahams studied at the [[St John's Wood Art School]], and later at the [[Royal_Academy_of_Arts#Royal_Academy_Schools|Royal Academy Schools]] from July 1927–June 1932. During and after her studies at the Royal Academy she exhibited regularly from 1930–1944, including at the [[Leicester Galleries]], [[New English Art Club]], [[Royal Institute of Oil Painters]], [[Royal Society of British Artists]], and at the Royal Academy's summer shows.[ Her still life at the New English Art Club was commended by [[The Jewish Chronicle]] as "exceptionally attractive arrangement of colour and tone beautifully painted".] |
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Abrahams studied at the [[St John's Wood Art School]], and later at the [[Royal_Academy_of_Arts#Royal_Academy_Schools|Royal Academy Schools]] from July 1927–June 1932. During and after her studies at the Royal Academy she exhibited regularly from 1930–1944, including at the [[Leicester Galleries]], [[New English Art Club]], [[Royal Institute of Oil Painters]], [[Royal Society of British Artists]], and at the Royal Academy's summer shows.[ Her still life at the New English Art Club was commended by [[The Jewish Chronicle]] as "exceptionally attractive arrangement of colour and tone beautifully painted".] |
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Abrahams produced her best known work during World War II, when she volunteered in the [[Auxiliary Fire Service]] (AFS) in London.[ At the outbreak of the war the UK government created the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]] (WAAC) to commission artists, but the vast majority of salaried positions were male - as a result, many female artists including Abrahams documented events with portable materials like pencil and charcoal.][{{cite book |last1=Bear |first1=Margaret |last2=Andrews |first2=Elaine |last3=Foss |first3=Brian |last4=Liss |first4=Paul |title=WW2 - War Pictures by British Artists |date=2016 |publisher=Liss Llewellyn Fine Art |location=London |isbn=978-0-9930884-2-1 |page=214 |url=https://www.lissllewellyn.com/wp-content/uploads/0-PDF/WW2.pdf}}] Much of her inspiration was drawn from her work and colleagues in the AFS, capturing informal and intimate moments including firewomen sleeping between shifts and a group of firemen attempting to repair a piano.[ In August 1941, her depiction of the [[National Fire Service]] responding to a call sold to the WAAC for six guineas.][{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Jones |first1=Julia |title=War Artists' Advisory Committee: Enid Abrahams to Robert D. F. Butler |url=https://artuk.org/discover/curations/war-artists-advisory-committee-enid-abrahams-to-robert-d-f-butler |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=18 April 2026}}][ She was also one of the few women to have work exhibited at the Firemen Artists’ exhibitions during the war.][{{cite web |title=The Five Pound Piano - Firemen at Bethnal Green Fire Station, London Blitz by Enid Dreyfus, writing ink on paper |url=https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-7116/ |website=collections.rafmuseum.org.uk |publisher=RAF Museum |access-date=18 April 2026}}] |
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Abrahams produced her best known work during World War II, when she volunteered in the [[Auxiliary Fire Service]] (AFS) in London.[ At the outbreak of the war the UK government created the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]] (WAAC) to commission artists, but the vast majority of salaried positions were male - as a result, many female artists including Abrahams documented events with portable materials like pencil and charcoal.][{{cite book |last1=Bear |first1=Margaret |last2=Andrews |first2=Elaine |last3=Foss |first3=Brian |last4=Liss |first4=Paul |title=WW2 - War Pictures by British Artists |date=2016 |publisher=Liss Llewellyn Fine Art |location=London |isbn=978-0-9930884-2-1 |page=214 |url=https://www.lissllewellyn.com/wp-content/uploads/0-PDF/WW2.pdf}}] Much of her inspiration was drawn from her work and colleagues in the AFS, capturing informal and intimate moments including firewomen sleeping between shifts and a group of firemen attempting to repair a piano.[>][{{cite web |title=Firewomen Resting, London Blitz |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/firewomen-resting-london-blitz-338612 |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=15 April 2026 |language=en}}> In August 1941, her depiction of the [[National Fire Service]] responding to a call sold to the WAAC for six guineas.][{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Jones |first1=Julia |title=War Artists' Advisory Committee: Enid Abrahams to Robert D. F. Butler |url=https://artuk.org/discover/curations/war-artists-advisory-committee-enid-abrahams-to-robert-d-f-butler |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=18 April 2026}}][ She was also one of the few women to have work exhibited at the Firemen Artists’ exhibitions during the war.][{{cite web |title=The Five Pound Piano - Firemen at Bethnal Green Fire Station, London Blitz by Enid Dreyfus, writing ink on paper |url=https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-7116/ |website=collections.rafmuseum.org.uk |publisher=RAF Museum |access-date=18 April 2026}}] |
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After the war she continued to exhibit, including four times at the Royal Academy from 1948–1956, and at the [[Imperial War Museum]] in 1958.[ Following her death her work continued to appear in exhibitions about the war, and examples of her work are held in the Imperial War Museum, [[Ben Uri Gallery & Museum]], [[Royal Air Force Museum]], and [[Guildhall Art Gallery]].] |
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After the war she continued to exhibit, including four times at the Royal Academy from 1948–1956, and at the [[Imperial War Museum]] in 1958.[ Following her death her work continued to appear in exhibitions about the war, and examples of her work are held in the Imperial War Museum, [[Ben Uri Gallery & Museum]], [[Royal Air Force Museum]], and [[Guildhall Art Gallery]].] |
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==Works== |
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==Works== |
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* ''Firewomen Resting, London Blitz'', (c. 1941) |
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* ''Two Sleeping Soldiers'' (c. 1941) |
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* ''The Five Pound Piano – Firemen at Bethnal Green Fire Station, London Blitz'' (c. 1941) |
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* ''Bells! A Unit of the National Fire Service Answering a Call'' (c. 1941) |
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* ''St Paul's from Warwick Lane, London'' (c. 1960s) |
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* ''Welsh Chapel'' (1968) |
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==Notes== |
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* [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]] |
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== External links == |
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[https://artuk.org/discover/artists/abrahams-enid-19061972 Art UK profile] |
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