Eleanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Lassie in Jackie Jumper, circa 1908
Eleanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Pierot, 1912
oil on canvas
34 x 20 inches
Eleanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
4 pages from Swifts Premium calendar, 1913
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
New Earth, 1933
43.5 x 51.5 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Wilderness Madonna (Study for the Young Lincoln), circa 1934
oil on canvas
70 x 32 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Lonesome Valley, Laguna Beach, 1935
oil on canvas
38 x 31.5 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Harlem, 1937
oil on canvas
Collection of Wolfsonian Museum
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
A Day at the Beach
oil on canvasboard
15.75 x 19.75 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
A WInd in the Woods
oil on canvas
17 x 23 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Fish Wives, Newport Harbor
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Sweeping View of a Western Landscape
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Bathing Baby, 1930
oil on canvas
36 x 33 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Indian Village, New Mexico
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Little Brother Pedro
oil on canvas
39 x 46 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Primitive Mother, 1925
oil on canvas
Collection of Laguna Beach Art Museum
50.25 x 40 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Little Mary, 1920s
oil on canvas
Collection of M. Christine Schwartz
25 x 20 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Ruth, circa 1908
oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
The Green Dress
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
oil
8 x 9.75 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
untitled
oil on canvas
26.25 x 33.25 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Still Life
oil
19 x 15.5 inches
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Elanor R. Colburn (1866-1939)
Gushing Clouds
oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Artist Details
Elanor
Ruth
Gump
Eleanor Ruth Gump -- removed the second "e" in 1927
Eleanor R. Eaton in 1897
Colburn
1898: Joseph Elliott Colburn, ophthmalogist and self-taught landscape painter interested in color theory; separated 1912, divorced by 1915; his second wife, about 20 years age difference
1886/1891-circa 1897: Charles Harry Eaton, self-taught landscape painter, New York; later ranche owner in Wyoming
Ruth Eaton Peabody (March 30, 1893, born Highland Park, Illinois-October 22, 1966)
February 1866
Daton, Ohio
May 7, 1939
Laguna Beach, California
moved with family to Chicago while a child
?-1909: Highland Park, IL
1909-1924: 2623 Hampden Court, Chicago, Illinois
possibly New Hampshire
early 1920s: artists’ community, Ogunquit, Maine
1924-1934: Orange, California
1934-1939: Anaheim, California
Chicago, Illinois
Laguna Beach, California
1924-1939: South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California
Muralist, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
student of William Merritt Chase and Frank Duveneck
summer 1930: to New Mexico with daughter
Array
November 2-December 12, 1897: Tenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Sketch
January 28-February 28, 1904: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait-Mr. George Colburn; Sara, Portrait; Birch’s Farm
April 28-June 5, 1904: Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Water-Colors, Pastels and Miniatuers by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait of Dr. J. Elliott Colburn, Lamplight; Head
May 3-June 10, 1906: Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Water-Colors, Pastels, and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait of Miss H.
January 29-February 24, 1907: An Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; A Daughter of Eve
February 4-March 1, 1908: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Betty; Good-night; Reverie; Innocence: Gathering Kelp-Maine Coast
April 28-June 7, 1908: Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Ruth; Gathering Kelp After the Storm
February 2-28, 1909: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Lassie in Jackie Jumper, circa 1908; Where the Brook Runs Under the Willows; At the Spring; Indian Summer; An Offshore Wind; The Story
May 11-June 13, 1909: Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Hauling Sea Weed, Maine; The Rose; Oxen in Fog; Bread and Milk
January 4-30, 1910: An Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Shout; The Marginal Way; Sou’wester; Larkspurs
May 10-June 8m 1910: Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition of Water-Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Fairy Tale; Building Air Castles; Jean
January 31-February 26, 1911: An Exhi bition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Drifting; On the Rocks; A Dry Northeaster - all oil
May 9-June 7, 1911: Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition of Water-Clors, pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Will-o’-the-Wisp, watercolor
Village Studio Guild, Ogunquit, Maine
1929: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1935: San Francisco Museum of Art inaugural, San Francisco, California
1939: Memorial Exhibition of the Paintings of Elanor Colburn, Fine Arts Society of San Diego, San Diego, California
1952: San Diego Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, California
1984: Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, California
April 6-September 2, 2006: Winds of Change: Progressive Artists, 1915-1935, Irving Museum, Irving, California
2020: GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California; Gold-The New Era, 1934, oil on canvas
Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna Beach, California
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Art Institute of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio
Gallery of Toronto, Toronto,
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Municipal Art League, Chicago, Illinois
M. Christine Schwartz Collection
Hughes, Edan M. Artists In California 1786-1940. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Sacramento: Crocker, Art Museum, 2002. N. pag. 2 vols.
St. Gaudens, Maurine. Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960. Vol. 1. 2015.
Chicago Water Color Club, Chicago, Illinois
Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna Beach, California
Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
San Diego Art Guild, San Diego, California
Society of Western Artists, Chicago, Illinois
1908: Purchase Prize, Municipal Art League, Chicago, Illinois
1911: Municipal Art League Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1927: second prize, Laguna Beach Art Association Prizes, Laguna Beach, California
1928: third prize, Laguna Beach Art Association Prizes, Laguna Beach, California
1929: first prize, Laguna Beach Art Association Prizes, Laguna Beach, California
1932: gold medal, Laguna Beach Art Association Prizes, Laguna Beach, California
1930: Llesser Farnham Prize, San Diego, California
taught at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
article "10 Female Artists Who Painted California's History"
According to her second husband, as quoted in the New York Times with a Chicago, Jan. 10, 1912 byline, Colburn took her daughter and left him because she "has an idea that she can do better work if she is free of all domestic responsibility."