Eben Adams

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Eben Adams is the struggling Depression-era artist who becomes obsessed with painting a mysterious young girl in Robert Nathan’s fantasy novel and its 1948 film adaptation, "Portrait of Jennie."

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instanceOf artist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
painter ⓘ
adaptedToMedium feature film ⓘ
appearsIn Portrait of Jennie (1948 film) ⓘ
Portrait of Jennie (novel) ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Central Park ⓘ
associatedWithTheme artistic inspiration ⓘ
love beyond time ⓘ
memory ⓘ
time ⓘ
characterRole protagonist ⓘ
characterType struggling artist ⓘ
creator Robert Nathan ⓘ
emotionalState impoverished ⓘ
lonely ⓘ
obsessed with Jennie ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Portrait of Jennie ⓘ
filmAdaptationOfSource Portrait of Jennie (novel) ⓘ
filmDirector William Dieterle ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1948 ⓘ
filmStudio Selznick Releasing Organization ⓘ
firstAppearance Portrait of Jennie (1940 novel) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inspiredBy Jennie Appleton ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryGenre fantasy ⓘ
romantic fantasy ⓘ
loveInterest Jennie Appleton ⓘ
mediumOfArt oil painting ⓘ
meets Jennie Appleton ⓘ
narrativeFunction viewpoint character ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Portrait of Jennie (painting within the story) ⓘ
linked to: Portrait of Jennie
occupation artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
portrayedBy Joseph Cotten ⓘ
publisherOfSourceWork Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
storyTheme artist–muse relationship ⓘ
intersection of reality and the supernatural ⓘ
redemptive power of love ⓘ
subjectOfPainting Jennie Appleton ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublication 1940 ⓘ

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