Ruth Payne Burgess

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Ruth Payne Burgess, Young Woman with Violin and Hat, watercolor, 1903
Ruth Payne Burgess, Portrait study of a young woman, 1915 Newport Art Exhibition

Ruth Payne Burgess (born October 11, 1865 in Montpelier , Vermont , † March 11, 1934 in New York ) was an American naturalistic painter of portraits , still lifes and genre painter .

Life

Ruth Payne Jewett was born in Montpelier, Vermont, to Elisha P. Jewett and Julia Kellogg Field Jewett. Her grandparents were Captain Nathan Jewett and Ruth Payne, daughter of Elisha Payne . She attended Mary A. Burnham School in Northampton , Massachusetts .

She met her future husband, John William Burgess, in Vermont through a mutual friend, the artist Thomas Waterman Wood . Burgess was the founder of the Political Science Department at Columbia University . She married John Burgess on September 2, 1885. Burgess was first married to Augusta Thayer Jones, who had died in 1884.

Ruth Payne Burgess has been described as an artist who is "highly intelligent, well educated and an accomplished musician". Burgess and her husband had a son, Elisha Payne Jewett Burgess. In 1905 they owned homes in New York City and Montpelier. After John Burgess retired, they lived in Newport , Rhode Island , in a house called "Athenwood" and in Brookline , Massachusetts.

John William Burgess died in Brookline on January 13, 1931, Ruth Payne Burgess on March 11, 1934. Her funeral took place on March 14. This was interrupted by the arrest of her son Elisha, a mining engineer. Elisha Burgess had been charged with failure to pay spousal maintenance and support for his child.

education

Ruth Payne Burgess studied at Barnard College , National Academy Museum and School and the Art Students League of New York under George de Forest Brush , Kenyon Cox and James Carroll Beckwith . She also studied in Europe and worked as a painter in Italy and Germany. In Germany she painted the portrait of Prince August Wilhelm .

Career

Burgess painted portraits, including Nicholas Murray Butler , the President of Columbia University, A. Barton Hepburn and Admiral Charles Edgar Clark .

Her work was shown in nine exhibitions at the National Academy of Design from 1897 to 1906 and also from 1924 to 1933. A report from the Newport Annual Exhibition in 1915 quoted a visitor as saying, "The picture I like best is this head of Mrs. Burgess, it is more natural and lifelike than any picture on the whole show". Her work also included oriental topics.

In 1899, Burgess joined the National Association of Women Artists and the Woman's Art Club of New York , where she served as president from 1905 to 1910 and contributed to its financial growth.

She was able to rely on friends who donated money and also contributed money herself. Your donation of five hundred dollars to the association formed the basis for a one hundred dollar award that could be awarded for five years. Burgess was also president of the Art Students League for a while .

In 1928, 1930 and 1931 she had solo exhibitions in the Milk Galleries in New York.

Burgess also belonged to other associations. She was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Hartford , the American Watercolor Society , the Society of New York Painters, and the Allied Artists of America . Burgess was a patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

plant

  • Green China Jar, oil on canvas, 1924
  • Floral and Chinoiserie still life, oil on canvas, 1929
  • Floral Still Life, oil on canvas, 1928
  • Maderno, Lake of Garda, Italy. Oil on canvas, 1931
  • Poppy in a vase, oil on canvas
  • Portrait of a Gentleman, 1927.
  • Portrait of Dr. Daniel Bliss, Amherst College
  • Portrait of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University
  • Portrait of Jennie Churchill, 1894
  • Portrait of Admiral Charles Edgar Clark, Treasury Building, Washington, DC
  • Portrait of the Honorable AB Hepburn,
  • Portrait of Francis March, Amherst College
  • Portrait of Judge Pierson, Public Library, Holyoke, Massachusetts
  • Portrait of His Royal Highness, Prince August William, Potsdam, Berlin
  • Portrait study of a young woman, exhibited at the annual Newport, Rhode Island Art Show in 1915.
  • Young Woman with Violin and Hat, watercolor, 1903

literature

  • Arlington Galleries: Recent Paintings by Ruth Payne Burgess and Alethea H. Platt. Arlington Galleries, 1923.
  • Jones Library: Watercolors and Oil Paintings by Ruth Payne Burgess. Jones Library, 1940.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's who in American Art . RR Bowker., 1935 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Louise and Alan Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, Brenau College: Art by American women: selections from the collection of Louise and Alan Sellars: Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia, April 20-June 15, 1991 and other selected locations . Louise and Alan Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, 1991 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ^ A b Ruth P. Burgess 2D Engaged to Marry: Former Art Student Will Be Wed to Walter EA Jaeggi, Swiss Vice Consul Here . In: New York Times . September 16, 1945.
  4. ↑ a b c Ruth Payne Burgess / American Art. In: si.edu. americanart.si.edu, accessed July 28, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Ruth Payne Burgess / American Art. In: si.edu. americanart.si.edu, accessed July 25, 2015 .
  6. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution: Lineage Book . The Society, 1897, pp. 175 ( books.google.com ).
  7. ^ A b c Joseph A. Citro: Green Mountains, Dark Tales . UPNE, 2001, ISBN 978-1-58465-134-5 , pp. 72 ( books.google.com ).
  8. ↑ Ruth Payne Burgess / American Art. In: si.edu. americanart.si.edu, accessed July 28, 2015 .
  9. ^ A b c John F. Ohles: Biographical Dictionary of American Educators . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1978, ISBN 0-313-04012-5 , pp. 204 ( books.google.com ).
  10. ^ A b c Jan Onofrio: Tennessee Biographical Dictionary . Somerset Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0-403-09700-2 , pp. 142 ( books.google.com ).
  11. ↑ American Art Annual . MacMillan Company, 1905, pp. 334 ( books.google.com ).
  12. ↑ Reading Eagle - Google News archive search. In: google.com. news.google.com, accessed July 28, 2015 .
  13. ^ Paul E. Sternberg: Centennial Exhibition, 1889-1989 . Louise and Alan Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, 1989, p. 37 ( books.google.com ).
  14. ^ Albert Nelson Marquis: Who's who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut . AN Marquis & Company, 1915, p. 18 ( books.google.com ).
  15. ^ Paul E. Sternberg: Art by American Women. Selections from the collection of Louise and Alan Sellars . 1991, p. 88 .
  16. ^ Art and Progress . American Federation of Arts, Jan. 1, 1915, pp. 407 ( books.google.com ).
  17. ^ Ronald G. Pisano, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art (NY), National Association of Women Artists (US): One hundred years. A centennial celebration of the National Association of Women Artists . Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Nassau 1988, p. 10 ( books.google.com - “When Ruth Payne Burgess assumed the position of president of the Club in 1905 it was a solidly established organization with a…”).
  18. ^ American Art Directory . RR Bowker., New York 1905, pp. 230 ( books.google.com ).
  19. ^ Louise and Alan Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, Paul E. Sternberg: Centennial Exhibition, 1889–1989 . Louise and Alan Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, 1989, p. 6 ( books.google.de ).
  20. ^ Ruth Payne Burgess, Still Life. In: postroadgallery.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015 .
  21. ↑ Mrs. JW Burgess, Noted Artist, Dead . In: The New York Times . March 12, 1934.
  22. ↑ Green Chinese Jar. In: si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2019 (American English).
  23. ↑ Floral and Chinoiserie still life. Live auctioners. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  24. ↑ Floral Still Life . Mutual Art. Accessed July 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ Maderno, Lake of Garda, Italy, . Mutual Art. Accessed July 28, 2015.
  26. ^ Poppy in a vase. Red Carpet Antiques. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  27. ^ Portrait of a Gentleman, invaluable.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  28. ↑ a b c d e American Art Directory. RR Bowker., 1918, p. 442.
  29. ^ Anne Sebba: Jennie Churchill: Winston's American mother. John Murray, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7195-6339-3 , p. 272.
  30. ^ Art and Progress . American Federation of Arts, 1915. Newport's Annual Exhibition, p. 407.
  31. ↑ Young Woman with Violin. Live auctioners. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Burgess, Ruth Payne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American naturalistic portrait, still life and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpelier , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1934
Place of death new York