| Eileen Chandler | |
| Birth Name: | Eileen Harris |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1904 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Known For: | Painting |
Eileen Chandler (Harris; 10 June 1904 – 28 January 1993) was a British painter and illustrator, notable for her portrait work.[1]
Chandler was born in London and studied art at the Hornsey School of Art from where she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools.[2] [3] In 1930 she married Roland Chandler who was an illustrator for The Strand Magazine and who died during World War II.[2] [3] After the war, although based at Hampstead and then Putney in London, Eileen Chandler spent many years travelling and working away from Britain.[1] After her work was featured in the Illustrated London News, Chandler spent time in America creating watercolour portraits of Hollywood film stars and their children, which included a notable portrait of the then three year old Liza Minnelli.[2] [4] In Sweden she received numerous portrait commissions, often of children but also of members of the Swedish Royal Family, notably of Queen Sylvia.[3] [1] Although Chandler was better known abroad than in Britain, a solo exhibition of her landscapes and portraits was held at the Guy Morrison Gallery in London during 1988.[3]