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1886 San Francisco, California - 1982 Monterey, California. Known for: Landscape, portrait, still life and mural paintings.
Eugenia Francis Baker McComas was a landscape painter, muralist and journalist who was born in San Francisco on September 6, 1886. She was commonly known as Gene Baker. Gene Baker studied at Berkeley... Read full biography
Eugenia Francis Baker McComas was a landscape painter, muralist and journalist who was born in San Francisco on September 6, 1886. She was commonly known as Gene Baker. Gene Baker studied at Berkeley School of Arts and Crafts and with Xavier Martinez. It was in Martinez's studio that she met the... Read full biography
Eugenia Francis Baker McComas was a landscape painter, muralist and journalist who was born in San Francisco on September 6, 1886. She was commonly known as Gene Baker. Gene Baker studied at Berkeley School of Arts and Crafts and with Xavier Martinez. It was in Martinez's studio that she met the landscape painter Francis John McComas whom she married in 1917. Prior to her marriage she was a resident of Oakland for many years and a journalist for the Oakland Tribune. The couple settled in... Read full biography
Eugenia Francis Baker McComas was a landscape painter, muralist and journalist who was born in San Francisco on September 6, 1886. She was commonly known as Gene Baker. Gene Baker studied at Berkeley School of Arts and Crafts and with Xavier Martinez. It was in Martinez's studio that she met the landscape painter Francis John McComas whom she married in 1917. Prior to her marriage she was a resident of Oakland for many years and a journalist for the Oakland Tribune. The couple settled in Monterey and traveled extensively gathering subject matter in Europe, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii and the South Seas. She is best known as a landscapist, though she also painted portraits and still lifes. Her first solo exhibition was at Gump's department store... Read full biography
Eugenia Francis Baker McComas was a landscape painter, muralist and journalist who was born in San Francisco on September 6, 1886. She was commonly known as Gene Baker. Gene Baker studied at Berkeley School of Arts and Crafts and with Xavier Martinez. It was in Martinez's studio that she met the landscape painter Francis John McComas whom she married in 1917. Prior to her marriage she was a resident of Oakland for many years and a journalist for the Oakland Tribune. The couple settled in Monterey and traveled extensively gathering subject matter in Europe, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii and the South Seas. She is best known as a landscapist, though she also painted portraits and still lifes. Her first solo exhibition was at Gump's department store in 1924. Her first major success came with a very well received solo exhibition in Ne... Read full biography
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About Eugenia Frances Baker McComas: Keywords
Keywords (45)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- •Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Navajo Reservation (Arizona and New Mexico)
Art Association
- •Carmel Art Association
- •National Society of Mural Painters
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Francis McComas
- •Xavier Martinez
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Carmel Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York