Elanor Colburn
Elanor Colburn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eleanor Ruth Gump 1866 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 1939 Laguna Beach, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Elanor Ruth Eaton Gump, Eleanor Ruth Eaton Gump Colburn |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, watercolorist, muralist |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Harry Eaton (div.), Joseph Elliott Colburn (m. 1898–1915; div.) |
| Children | Ruth Eaton Peabody |
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Elanor Ruth Eaton Gump Colburn (née Eleanor Ruth Gump; 1866 – May 7, 1939), was an American painter.[1][2] She was active in Chicago, and Laguna Beach, California.
Life and career
[edit]Eleanor Ruth Gump was born in 1866, in Dayton, Ohio. In 1927, she changed her name to "Elanor".[3] She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a student under William Merritt Chase and Frank Duveneck.[3]
In the 1920s she spent time at Ogunquit Art Colony in Ogunquit, Maine.[3] Colburn's painting Fishwives, was awarded the Leisser–Farnham Prize in 1930 from the San Diego Art Guild.[4]
Her first marriage was to Charles Harry Eaton (1850–1901), a landscape painter.[3] Their daughter was Ruth Eaton Peabody (1893–1966), a noted painter.[3][5] Her second marriage was in 1898 to Joseph Elliott Colburn, an ophthalmologist, which ended in divorce by 1915.[3]
Around 1924, she moved with her daughter to Laguna Beach, California, where they were some of the early artists in the area.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elanor Colburn". Laguna Art Museum. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ "Elanor Ruth Eaton Gump Colburn". AskArt.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "Elanor Colburn". Illinois Women Artists. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "L. A. Painter Wins O'Rourke Artist Prize". The San Diego Sun. June 7, 1930. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-06-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Exhibit of Ruth Peabody's Abstract Paintings At Fine Arts Gallery; Gaw Display Draws S.D. Critics". The San Diego Sun. February 19, 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-06-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, Calif.) (1993). 75 Works, 75 Years: Collecting the Art of California. Laguna Art Museum. ISBN 978-0-940872-19-6.
- ^ Dominik, Janet B.; Laguna Art Museum (1986). Early Artists in Laguna Beach: The Impressionists : September 23 to November 5, 1986, Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Art Museum. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-940872-07-3.
External links
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