Maurine Gibbs

Artist Details

• First Name Maurine
• Maiden Name Montgomery
• Surname Gibbs
• Spouse’s Full Name Theodore Harrison Gibbs [known as Harrison] (1908-1944) son of painter/illustrator/author George Fort Gibbs; great-grandson of Joseph Harrison sculptor taught art in architecture department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Prix de Rome winner
• Names and Birth Years of Children Ramona Harrison Gibbs, born 1944
• Birth Date June 26, 1906
• Birth Place Wyanet, Illinois
• Death Date April 1, 2003
• Death Place Peoria, Illinois
• Residence(s) 1906-1929: 607 Parkside Drive, Peoria, Illinois
  
  1929-31: Kalamazoo, Michigan
  
  1906-1914: Wyanet, Illinois
  
  1914-?, 1945-2003: Peoria, Illinois
  
  1931-36: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  
  1936-38: Rome, Italy
  
  1938: Peoria, Illinois
  
  1939-1941: Ithaca, New York
  
  1941-1942: Rosemont, Pennsylvania
  
  1943: Seattle, Washington
  
  1943-2003: Peoria, Illinois
• Studio Location(s) 1939-1941: Ithaca, New York (shared studio space with Harrison Gibbs) 1941-1942: Rosemont, Pennsylvania (shared studio space with Harrison Gibbs) Peoria, Illinois
• Categories Sculptor
• Training 1928: BA, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
  1929: Boothbay Summer School of Art, Boothbay, Maine
  1930: studied with George Elmer Browne, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  1931: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
  1932: Boston School of Design, Boston, Massachusetts; studied anatomy with Joseph Cowell
  1932-1936: Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; studied with Carl Milles (summers)
  1933, 1935, 1939: student of Carl Milles
  1955: ceramics course, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
  
• Relevant Travel Rome, Italy
  
  Greece
  
  Sicily
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History January 28-March 3, 1940: 135th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dancer [male]
  
  1940: Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Dancer [female]
  
  1941: Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Awakening
  
  late 1990s: Cranbrook alumni exhibition, City of Los Angeles Cart and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
  
  2013: Making Their Mark: Illinois Women Artists, 1940-1960, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois: Portrait of Ramona, 1947, plaster; Collection of Ramona H. Gibbs
• Collections Offner Sculpture Center at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
  
  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
  Ramona H. Gibbs
• Publications "Former Peorian and Husband Do Sculptural Commissions," Peoria Star, October 7, 1942 Barrette, Marilee Barger, "Peoria Girl on Road to Fame As ...." Peoria Journal-Transcript, 1937 Kenyon, Theo Jean, "Carving Perfection," Peoria Journal Star, August 8, 1999, pp. C1-2 McKinsey, Kristan H. "The Letter at Homewood Post Office," Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine,  Spring/Summer 2007 Wright, Jim, "The Letter," Homewood Historical Society Newsletter, Spring 2009
• Other Occupation(s) 1941-1942: worked for Treasury Section of Fine Arts (sculptural mural commission, entitled The Letter, Homewood, Illinois post office)
  
  Teacher - Peoria, Illinois (all subjects) 1928-1929 & 1961; (art alone) 1963-1971
  
  1929-1931: Teacher - Kalamazoo, Michigan (taught art in public school system & modeling/ceramics to adults)
  
  1931-1936: Teacher - Brookside School, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (taught & supervised art, elementary school)
• Biography parents: Roy and Irene Montgomery
  
  friend of Carl and Olga Milles, Eliel and Loja Saarinen, Malvina Hoffman, Frances Rich