In
the course of Eleanor Milne's distinguished artistic career she has received
many awards and honours. She won the Art Association Scholarship to study
at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design and
went on to win their Principal's Prize, as well as second place for Book
Illustration and Carving and Modelling, and Third Place for Design. For three
years running she placed first in the Royal Drawing Society of London, England.
At l'École des Beaux Arts she won first and second prizes for wood-engraving,
and first and second prizes for sculpture. When Milne went on to Syracuse
University in New York to pursue a master's degree, she placed on the Dean's
list for general excellence both years, securing the highest award of "A"
for the second year.
For
her work as the Dominion Sculptor Milne was awarded the Centennial Medal
in 1967, and the Canada 125 Medal in 1992. She received the honour of
membership in the Order of Canada in 1988. Milne
has received honorary doctorates from Carleton University, D.Litt.; Windsor
University, D.Hum.; Queen's University, LL.D. and York University, D.Let.
Milne joined the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA)
in May 1996, although she had exhibited with them and been invited to
join forty years earlier. Her painting of the Jack of Diamonds is part
of the Royal Canadian Academy's 1998 Arts Playing Cards Collection.