Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 10 works by Eleanor M. Kish in our catalogue
In short
To the gallery's eye, Eleanor M. Kish's most famous painting is Hesperornis, whose original hangs in the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. Apatosaurus and Sauropelta complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 10 works by Eleanor M. Kish in our catalog, the gallery presents the 10 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.
The water is a mirror of stillness. Near a meandering stream, two flightless marine birds stand as silent sentinels against the backdrop of a northern landscape. They are Hesperornis, creatures of a lost age, gathered beside the slow movement of a Canadian arctic stream. The scene is framed by the dark, sharp silhouettes of conifers and the soft textures of low-lying bushes. A few smaller birds dot the periphery, some…
is an oil painting by Kish, Eleanor M. (Ely). The work captures two Apatosaurus individuals as they cross a monsoonal rain pond in Colorado. This scene reconstructs a moment from the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago.
The oil painting titled Sauropelta is a work by the artist Kish, Eleanor M. (Ely). This piece captures a quiet moment in the North American interior, where two nodosaurus (Sauropelta) browse beside a shallow sea. The scene reconstructs a prehistoric landscape through the meticulous hand of the artist.
The painting Dryptosaurus emerges from the brush of Kish, Eleanor M. (Ely), a creator who brings the ancient past into the present. Born in 1924 in Newark, United States of America, the artist spent a lifetime translating the secrets of the fossil record into visual life. This specific work, Dryptosaurus, belongs to a larger collection known as the Canadian Museum of Nature Series # 1 - Prehistoric Animals by Ely…
The composition centers on the skeletal remains of a Chasmosaurus, a horned dinosaur, partially submerged within a dry stream channel. The bones lie amidst a desolate, cracked landscape characterized by parched earth and gritty textures. A smaller scavenger, a Dromaeosaurus, is positioned near the carcass. The environment is illuminated by the light of a full moon, which casts long, defined shadows across the fractured terrain. In the background, a distant…
The painting Stygimoloch is a work by the artist Kish, Eleanor M. (Ely). This piece is a black and white representation of a dinosaur. The subject is depicted within a natural habitat, appearing to move through a wooded area. Trees surround the creature, with several specimens positioned in the foreground and others situated in the background. A smaller figure of a person is visible near the left side of the…
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The museum that holds the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Eleanor M. Kish | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Canadian Museum of Nature |
Ottawa | 10 | Hesperornis, Apatosaurus, Sauropelta |
Hesperornis, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. Apatosaurus and Sauropelta come next.
Hesperornis, Apatosaurus, Sauropelta, Dryptosaurus, Chasmosaurus - Dromaeosaurus, Stygimoloch, Daspletosaurus and Champsosaurus, Saurolophus, Microvenator and Tenontosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 10 works by Eleanor M. Kish.
Mostly in Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa). The museum table above lists them all.
Water (2), Trees (2) and Wildlife (2), across the 10 works on this page.
Oil, for 4 of the 10 works on this page.
Contemporary realism, judging by the originals on this page.
Hesperornis, Apatosaurus and Sauropelta: the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa holds 10 of the works on this page.
