Elanor Colburn

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  • 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

    1926-1929: Director, Laguna Beach Art Association
  • page on CaliforniaArt.com website

    page on M. Christine Schwartz Collection website

    page on George Sterns Fine Arts website

    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."