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By Jackie Couture
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This is an artificial collection of materials created by Maude Gibson. The bulk of the collection is her paintings, the larger of which are framed, while the smaller ones are foldered. Also included is a book she wrote about Eastern Kentucky State Normal School which contains several small paintings as well as personal correspondence.
Biographical Note
Miss Maude Gibson (1870-1964) was an Eastern art professor from 1910 until 1941, serving as the only instructor in the department for twenty of those years. She was noted for her watercolor sketches of landscapes and floral compositions.
Maude was born in Pennsylvania and attended Lebanon Normal School, Miami University, Columbia University, and the School of Applied Design and the Nellie Art Pottery School. She also studied in Europe over the summer of 1926.
She wrote several stories about the early years of Eastern and those can be found, along with her paintings, in the Maude Gibson Collection in the Archives. After her retirement in 1941 she lived in Burnam Hall and continued to paint until she was over 90 years old.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[
Folder 1: Writings and Paintings],
[
Folder 2],
[
Folder 3],
[
Folder 4],
[
Item 1: Eastern, n.d.],
[
Item 2: The Ravine, n.d.],
[
Item 3: Trees in the Fall, 1943],
[
Item 4: Trees in the Fall, 1951],
[
Item 13: Flowers in a Pot, 1922],
[All]
- Folder 1: Writings and Paintings
- Barcode: 31234013929987
- Item 1: Normal School Traditions, 1964
- Manuscript by Maude Gibson which contains personal letters and several original paintings inventoried below.
- Item 1.1: Irises, 1962
- Watercolor, still life (0010-025-014)
- Item 1.2: Roses, 1947
- Mixed media, still life (0010-025-015)
- Item 1.3: Eastern Campus, 1950
- Watercolor, landscape (0010-025-016)
- Item 1.4: Branch with Leaves, n.d.
- Watercolor on a place card for Mrs. Edwards, abstract still life, inscribed on the inside "A virtuous woman - by the students of Holy Writ," (0010-025-017)
- Item 2: Christmas Card, n.d.
- With watercolor Autumn scene by Maude Gibson, and signed on the back by the artist. (0010-025-013)
- Item 3: Program and Menu, 1935
- In the shape of a painter
- Folder 2
- Barcode: 31234013929979
- Item 5: Roses, 1955
- Watercolor, landscape (0010-025-005)
- Item 6: Lilacs, 1955
- Watercolor, still life (0010-025-006)
- Item 7: Hydrangea, 1955
- Watercolor, still life (0010-025-007)
- Folder 3
- Barcode: 31234013929961
- Item 8: The Ravine in Fall, n.d.
- Acrylic, landscape (0010-025-008)
- Item 9: The Ravine in Fall, 1952
- Acrylic, landscape (0010-025-009)
- Item 10: Bleeding Heart Flower, 1942
- Mixed media, still life (0010-025-010)
- Item 11: Morning Glories, 1941
- Watercolor, still life (0010-025-011)
- Folder 4
- Barcode: 31234013929995
- Item 12: Boone Sycamore, 1937
- Acrylic, landscape (0010-025-012)
- Item 1: Eastern, n.d.
- Oil on canvas (0010-025-001)
- Item 2: The Ravine, n.d.
- Acrylic, landscape (0010-025-002)
- Item 3: Trees in the Fall, 1943
- Acrylic, landscape (0010-025-003)
- Item 4: Trees in the Fall, 1951
- Watercolor, landscape (0010-025-004)
- Item 13: Flowers in a Pot, 1922
- Watercolor, still life (0010-025-018)
Browse by Folder:
[
Folder 1: Writings and Paintings],
[
Folder 2],
[
Folder 3],
[
Folder 4],
[
Item 1: Eastern, n.d.],
[
Item 2: The Ravine, n.d.],
[
Item 3: Trees in the Fall, 1943],
[
Item 4: Trees in the Fall, 1951],
[
Item 13: Flowers in a Pot, 1922],
[All]
