Distinguished Artist Series
Frank Coburn
by Bradley J. Delaney
Although Coburn must have attained a modicum of financial security late in his life through the generosity of William Wrigley, he led a modest existence from his childhood until the time he died. Coburn's urban working-class circumstances determined his choice of subject and his style, which Antony E. Anderson aptly characterized as "sincere."
Above Center: Untitled, Still Life with Corn, c 1910-15, oil on cardboard, 16 x 20 inches; Below Center: The Inlet, 1914, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
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