Louese Washburn. North of Jacksonville, oil on board, 11 by 13 inches.
Louese Washburn was the mother of Jacksonville artists Ruth Washburn Williams and Jeannette Washburn. Listed in Who’s Who in American Art, she was an important figure in the early art history of Jacksonville; one of the first women to bring art to that city.
Born: 1875, Dimock, Pennsylvania.
Died: 1959.
Education: Pratt Institute Art School, Brooklyn, New York; Broadmoor Art Academy; Colorado Springs Fine Arts College; with Ross Moffett; Henry Varnum Poor; A. Dow; Boardman Robinson; W. Lockhart.
Membership: Florida Federation of Art; Jacksonville Arts Club; St. Augustine Art Club; Palm Beach Art League; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; Fine Arts Society of Jacksonville; Southern State Art League; Binghamton, New York, Fine Arts Society; American Pen Women.
Exhibits: Southern States Art League; Federal Art Project (WPA) Jacksonville; Students’ Art Club, Exhibit of Florida Art, Tampa Public Library, May 2-May 9, 1922, Cherokee Roses, House and Garden; Students’ Art Club, 2nd Annual Exhibit of Florida Art, Tampa Museum of Art, City Hall, March 12- March 19, 1923, Landscape, Still Life; Jacksonville, December 1923, Home of Mrs. Reeves, Belvedere Avenue, fifteen flower paintings, Oleanders, Cherokee Roses, Hollyhocks, Coral Vine, Coral Vine and Still Life, Rose Arbor, June Clouds, McGirt’s Creek, Pablo Beach, Poinsettia, Jasmine, Apples and Still Life, Chrysanthemums; Tampa Art Institute 3rd Annual, City Hall, March 26, 1924; Tampa Art Institute 4th Annual, City Hall, March 11-21, 1925, Yellow Jasmine; Jacksonville Woman’s Club and Fine Arts Society of Jacksonville, December 1925; Tampa Art Institute, All Florida Exhibit, 1927, best still life; Jacksonville Women’s Club Art Exhibits 1923, May 1924, 1938, 1941; Florida Federation of Art Annual, 1926; Jacksonville Arts Club, 1928, award; Florida Federation of Art Annual, Tampa, February-March 1929, 1st prize, still life; Fine Arts Society of Jacksonville, January 1930, Chamber of Commerce building, Florida Fruits, Poinsettia; University of Florida ,1930; Florida Federation of Art, Annual Circuit, Tampa Art Institute, Municipal Auditorium, Tampa, January 1931, 1st prize, best portrait in exhibit; Florida Federation of Art, awards, 1933-34, best still life, Mountain Laurel; University of Alaska , 1936; Florida Federation of Art, 11th Annual Exhibition, St. Augustine, December 2-5, 1937, watercolor, Amaryllis; Jacksonville Womans’s Club, December 1938, joint exhibit with daughters Jeanette Washburn and Ruth Washburn Williams; Argent Gallery 1939, 1940; IBM Purchase Prize, 1941; Florida Federation of Art, Annual Circuit, Jacksonville, 1944, Mixed Bouquet; American Association of University Women, YWCA, Jacksonville, March 1945, Red Rock Canyon, Alaska Scene; Arts Exhibition Club of Jacksonville, National Art Week, November 6, 1945, Armed Forces Center, West Forsyth Street, flower studies, Wisteria; Arts Exhibition Club of Jacksonville, YWCA, May 13-15, 1946; Arts Exhibition Club, October 1946, oil, Magnolias; Jacksonville Arts Club Annual, May 1947, 1st prize, oil still life, The Chimney Room, 2nd prize, watercolor still life, Avocados; Jacksonville Arts Club, Fall Exhibition, November 1947, at American School of Art, East Adams Street, watercolors, Amaryllis, Bird Island- St. Augustine-Fla., Camellias, oil, Red Rock Canyon-Colorado; Jacksonville Arts Club, 1948-1952; Jacksonville Public Library, Springfield Branch, one woman exhibit, February 1950; Vogue Art Gallery Jacksonville, 1952; Tampa Art Institute; Florida Federation of Art Annual, Jacksonville, November 1954, Drew Award; Jacksonville Public Library, 1955, Magnolias; Jacksonville Art Museum, 1953-1957.
Directory: Listed in the Jacksonville City Directory, 1940 to 1948, as an artist with a studio at 136 West 10th.
