Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton, an animal painter, and studied landscape... Read full biography
Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton, an animal painter, and studied landscape painting with Harrison Bird Brown. Coombs painted actively for over fifty years. His subjects included... Read full biography
Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton, an animal painter, and studied landscape painting with Harrison Bird Brown. Coombs painted actively for over fifty years. His subjects included portraits, landscapes, and cattle. He painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on many occasions, particularly favoring the Jackson area. A typical example of his work is Mount Washington from... Read full biography
Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton, an animal painter, and studied landscape painting with Harrison Bird Brown. Coombs painted actively for over fifty years. His subjects included portraits, landscapes, and cattle. He painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on many occasions, particularly favoring the Jackson area. A typical example of his work is Mount Washington from Jackson, New Hampshire . Coombs maintained a studio in Boston for several winters, but his major work was pursued in Maine. He also taught painting in Lisbon, Maine, for twenty-five years. Coombs' work has been preserved in Maine at the Capitol, the... Read full biography
Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton, an animal painter, and studied landscape painting with Harrison Bird Brown. Coombs painted actively for over fifty years. His subjects included portraits, landscapes, and cattle. He painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on many occasions, particularly favoring the Jackson area. A typical example of his work is Mount Washington from Jackson, New Hampshire . Coombs maintained a studio in Boston for several winters, but his major work was pursued in Maine. He also taught painting in Lisbon, Maine, for twenty-five years. Coombs' work has been preserved in Maine at the Capitol, the Poland Spring Art Gallery, and at Bates College, as well as in Connecticut at Yale. Informati... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
A Sweet Foretaste of Heaven Artists in the White Mountains,1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
McGrath, Robert/B J McAdam
99 pages (color)
New Hampshire Scenery
1985
Campbell, Catherine
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index