Gertrude Beals Bourne

Gertrude Beals Bourne (1868–1962) was an American artist.

Gertrude Beals Bourne
Born1868 (1868)[1]
Boston, Massachusetts
Died1962(1962-00-00) (aged 93–94)[1]
Boston, Massachusetts

Bourne was known as a landscape painter and for her gardening work; she was the founder Boston's Beacon Hill Garden Club.[2][3]She studied art privately beginning about 1890, first with Henry Rice and then with Henry B. Snell, a founding member of the New York Watercolor Club. She preferred to paint in Gouche and watercolor. In 1904 she married the architect Frank Bourne.[3] They lived together in a home known as Sunflower Castle, in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood.[4] [5]

The 2004 book Gertrude Beals Bourne: Artist in Brahmin Boston (1868-1962) is devoted to her work.[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[7] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]

References
  1. "Gertrude Beals Bourne | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
  2. "Beacon Hill Garden Club has Something to Celebrate – Beacon Hill Times". beaconhilltimes.com.
  3. "Bourne, Gertrude Beals (1868-1962)". nhhistory.org. New Hampshire Historical Society.
  4. Taylor, Karen Cord. Legendary Locals of Beacon Hill. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-0149-3.
  5. "A Beacon Hill landmark paints fine picture". Boston Herald. 15 September 2012.
  6. Howlett, D. Roger. Gertrude Beals Bourne: Artist in Brahmin Boston (1868-1962). Copley Square. ISBN 978-0-9628143-1-0.
  7. "Marshlands with House—Essex Marshes". collections.mfa.org.
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