Jean Beman Cook-Smith (1865-1938?)
The Return of the Oracle, 1915
Jean Beman Cook-Smith (1865-1938?)< br>
mural, 1915
Collection of Museum of Man
California Building interior
Balboa Park, San Diego
Date: 1915
Description: Indoor portrait of an interior view in the California Building, second floor, showing balcony railing, the wooden model of the Palace of the Governors at Uxmal (SDM 25888), the Vierra mural of Uxmal, plaster cast of a Maya mural, and murals by Jean Cook-Smith.
Medium: glass plate negative
Object ID: P000098
Repository: San Diego Museum of Man
Artist Details
Jean
Beman
Jennie Beman
Jean B. Cook
Cook-Smith
Alfred C. Smith; married April 17, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts
John Columbus Cook (1850-1908) married November 1882 in Pullman church; pediatric physician
see his biography on American Academy of Pediatrics website
Maxfield Holcomb Cook (April 8, 1884-?); married Hazel Goes (Illinois 1884-1978 California) in 1908 in Chicago, Illinois; they had son John G. Cook and another son; in California by 1930
1865
New York, New York
1938?
Brooklyn, New York
1884-?: 5408 Rosalie Court, Chicago, Illinois
1903: 4852 Washington Ave., Chicago, Illinois
1904: 317 East 49th St., Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
31 W. 33rd St., New York, New York
Illustrator, Painter-Oil, Sculptor
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
student of William Merritt Chase and of Lawton Parker
1 year in Italy and Paris
1 year in Holland
California
Rome and Venice, circa 1899?
Array
January 26- February 21, 1897: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Cloudy Weather, watercolor; Along the Lake, oil
1898: Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculptures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Waldfrieden; In the Happy Valley, Michigan
June 1-November 1, 1898: Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska; Sundown; Along the Lake
November 6-December 17, 1899: Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Tempio dell Sibilla; Tomb of St. Cecilia, Rome; Arco degli Orefici, Rome; Sketch, Venice; Mausoleo Adriano, Rome
February 27-March 16, 1900: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Bocca d’Arno
January 31-February 24, 1901: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Peonies on Wooded Island, Jackson Park, watercolor
February 3-March 1, 1903: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Nasturtiums, circa 1902, watercolor
January 28-February 28, 1904: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; On the Dunes, Laren, Holland
October 22-November 12, 1904: Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings in Water Colors and Pastels, New York Water Color Club; Roses
1915: Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, California; Scenes from Maya Life, low-relief multi-panel frieze; displayed in California State Building