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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Eileen V Shahbender
Eileen V
Shahbender
Jun 29, 1929 — May 21, 2016
Eileen V Shahbender's Obituary
Eileen Vera Ogden Shahbender of Princeton, NJ, died peacefully at Brandywine Living in Monmouth Junction, NJ on Saturday, May 21, 2016. She was 86. A very proud Mother and talented, accomplished artist, Eileen was born in North Bierly in the county of Bradford, UK, to Harold and Alice Ogden.
She attended the Bradford College of Art in Yorkshire prior to moving to the United States where she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Eileen came to Princeton with her husband in 1960 where she raised her family.
Over the years she became a widely recognized artist; painting, teaching and exhibiting her award winning work throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her art is represented in many corporate and private collections throughout the North East USA. In 1972 she partnered with an artist friend and founded and managed Art Exhibition Consultants, a business that for many years, represented local artists and tailored exhibits on site at local businesses and central NJ corporations. Eileen maintained a private studio on Witherspoon St in Princeton over the Army Navy Store where she would be found when she was not visiting friends & family in the UK or her brother in Australia or spending days with her children & grand children at the Jersey Shore. Eileen adored the sea. Many of her best paintings are seascape views inspired by the many places she traveled to around the world. She had an exquisite sense of color and form expressed through her art but also as an avid collector of objet de'art.
She will be missed for a giant sense of humor and remembered for deep pride in both her British roots and her American citizenship.
Eileen is survived by her beloved children: Leila Shahbender and her spouse, Christopher Pike of Princeton, NJ; Tarik Shahbender and his spouse, Eileen Long of Princeton, NJ; and Randa Armstrong of Chesterfield, NJ and her grandchildren: Alexandra Pike of New York, NY and Byron and Gillian Armstrong of Chesterfield, NJ.
A memorial service to celebrate Eileen's life & art is scheduled for June 29, 2016, 11:00AM at the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in her memory to The Princeton Public Library or The Arts Council of Princeton.
She attended the Bradford College of Art in Yorkshire prior to moving to the United States where she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Eileen came to Princeton with her husband in 1960 where she raised her family.
Over the years she became a widely recognized artist; painting, teaching and exhibiting her award winning work throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her art is represented in many corporate and private collections throughout the North East USA. In 1972 she partnered with an artist friend and founded and managed Art Exhibition Consultants, a business that for many years, represented local artists and tailored exhibits on site at local businesses and central NJ corporations. Eileen maintained a private studio on Witherspoon St in Princeton over the Army Navy Store where she would be found when she was not visiting friends & family in the UK or her brother in Australia or spending days with her children & grand children at the Jersey Shore. Eileen adored the sea. Many of her best paintings are seascape views inspired by the many places she traveled to around the world. She had an exquisite sense of color and form expressed through her art but also as an avid collector of objet de'art.
She will be missed for a giant sense of humor and remembered for deep pride in both her British roots and her American citizenship.
Eileen is survived by her beloved children: Leila Shahbender and her spouse, Christopher Pike of Princeton, NJ; Tarik Shahbender and his spouse, Eileen Long of Princeton, NJ; and Randa Armstrong of Chesterfield, NJ and her grandchildren: Alexandra Pike of New York, NY and Byron and Gillian Armstrong of Chesterfield, NJ.
A memorial service to celebrate Eileen's life & art is scheduled for June 29, 2016, 11:00AM at the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in her memory to The Princeton Public Library or The Arts Council of Princeton.
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