Biografie von Ruth E. PEABODY (1898-1966)

Birth place: Highland Park, IL

Death place: Laguna Beach, CA

Addresses: Laguna Beach, CA

Profession: Painter, sculptor, teacher

Studied: AIC (sculpture); with her mother, Elanor Colburn (see entry).

Exhibited: AIC, 1909 (at age 11, as Ruth Colburn); PPE, 1915; West Coast Artists, Los Angeles, 1926 (gold); Calif. State Fair, 1926 (prize), 1937 (prize); Laguna Beach AA, 1927 (prize), 1936 (prize), 1937 (prize); Riverside County Fair, 1928 (prize), 1930 (prize); San Diego FA Gal., 1928 (prize), 1929 (prize), 1931 (prize); Pasadena AI, 1930; Los Angeles County Fair, 1931 (prize); PAFA, 1931; Oakland Art Gal., 1932;Phila. Art All.; GGE, 1939; Crocker Art Gal., Sacramento; Calif. AC

Member: Calif. AC; San Diego AC; Laguna Beach AA.

Work: San Diego Mus.; Laguna Beach AA; drinking fountain opposite the Laguna Beach Art Gal.; monument, City of Laguna Beach; plaque, Anaheim H.S.; Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, CA

Comments: She and her mother Elanor Colburn (see entry) moved to Laguna Beach in 1924 and opened a studio where they painted and taught. Peabody painted in oil and watercolor (portraits, abstracts, gardens) and sculpted fountains, memorial plaques, figures, and animals. Also known as Ruth Eaton Colburn.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California (provides death date of Oct. 22, 1966); P&H Samuels, 363-64; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 75; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Falk,AIC.