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Frank Coburn

Frank Coburn (1862 - 1938) was active/lived in California, Illinois.  Frank Coburn is known for Landscape-urban, figure and still life painting.

Born in Chicago, IL on July 24, 1862. Coburn began his art career as an ornamental sign painter and remained a self-taught artist except for brief study at the AIC and in St Louis. After moving to Los Angeles from the Midwest in 1908, he was active in the local art scene. He made many sketching trips throughout California and exhibited in Los Angeles galleries through the late 1920s. An Impressionist, he painted plein air landscapes (which often include buildings and other architectural features) as well as rainy street scenes and still lifes. Coburn died in Santa Ana, CA on Nov. 13, 1938. Exh: Painters Club, 1909; YMCA (LA) 1910; Calif. Federation of Womens Club, 1910; Cannon Art School (LA), 1913; Southwest Museum (LA), 1921, 1922; Laguna Beach AA, 1921-33; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1923, 1926; Pasadena Art Inst., 1932; Bowers Museum, 1938. In: Bowers Museum (Santa Ana); Irvine (CA) Museum; St Louis Museum.

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Frank Coburn, An Early Los Angeles Painter; Antiques & Fine Art, Sept. 1991; California Impressionism (Wm. Gerdts & Will South).

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Facts about Frank Coburn

Born in Chicago, IL on July 24, 1862. Coburn began his art career as an ornamental sign painter and remained a self-taught artist except for brief study at the AIC and in St Louis. After moving to Los Angeles from the Midwest in 1908, he was active in the local art scene. He made many sketching trips throughout California and exhibited in Los Angeles galleries through the late 1920s. An Impressionist, he painted plein air landscapes (which often include buildings and other architectural features) as well as rainy street scenes and still lifes. Coburn died in Santa Ana, CA on Nov. 13, 1938. Exh: Painters Club, 1909; YMCA (LA) 1910; Calif. Federation of Womens Club, 1910; Cannon Art School (LA), 1913; Southwest Museum (LA), 1921, 1922

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Frank Coburn, An Early Los Angeles Painter; Antiques & Fine Art, Sept. 1991; California Impressionism (Wm. Gerdts & Will South).

Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.  ...  Displaying 1279 of 2011 characters.

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