Esther Richardson

Artist Details

• First Name Esther
• Maiden Name Ruble
• Surname Richardson
• Spouse’s Full Name William Farrell Richardson
• Birth Date June 6, 1895
• Birth Place Nevada, Missouri
• Death Date July 26, 1947
• Death Place Lockport, Illinois
• Residence(s) grew up in Iola, Kansas
  
  “Stonehaven Studio,” Route 3, Lockport, Illinois
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
  
  Lockport, Illinois
  
   
• Studio Location(s) circa 1934-?: summer studio in Beanblossom, Indiana
• Categories Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training one year, College of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas
  University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; studied writing
  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  College of Emporia, Kansas
  four years before 1933: student of Frederick M. Grant, Chicago, Illinois
  student of Walter Sargent
  student of Millard Sheet
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1931-1941: Hoosier Salon, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1934: International Watercolor show, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1934-1941: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1935: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
  Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1936: All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  July-August 1938: Chicago Gallery Association, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
  
  Grant Park Art Fairs, Chicago, Illinois
  
  O'Brien's Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1938: Towertown Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  
  May 13-August 22, 1943: The Twenty-Second International Exhibition of Water Colors, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Breakfast for the Allies
• Collections Iola Public Library, Iola, Kansas                    
  
  Joliet High School, Joliet, Illinois
• Memberships Joliet Art League, co-founder, 1940-1941: president
  
  Illinois Education Association
  
  All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Gallery Association, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Hoosier Salon
• Awards 1936: Gold Medal, All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
   
• Other Occupation(s) ?-19??: teacher, Wichita, Kansas
  
  author of poetry and short stories
  
  1925-1926: Instructor of industrial arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1926-1937: Teacher, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois
  
  1926-1937: Teacher, Joliet High School
  
  circa 1939: authored book on art education
• Website(s) C.J. Bulliet’s article on her in Chicago Daily News, July 15, 1939
• Biography Father:   Ernest Harold Ruble (?-July 1938); artist