Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer (American, 1877 to 1934)
A plein-air painter of landscapes and florals, Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer was an important part of the regional art movement in Richmond, Indiana. This was a colony of artists who studied art techniques and art history together as well as holding annual exhibitions. In 1910, she received the Richmond Prize for the best work in the show. She was born in New Castle, Indiana and studied architectural drawing with her father at Earlham College, a Quaker liberal arts and sciences college in Richmond, Indiana. She also studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Ohio, and with landscape painter John Elwood Bundy in Richmond. Other teachers included Gifford Beal and Wayman Adams. Eggemeyer exhibited primarily in the Midwest and won prizes in 1924, 1927 and 1928 at the Hoosier Salon. In 1926, she was selected one of seven vice presidents of the Hoosier Salon Patrons Association organized in Chicago, which she was instrumental in forming. Her oil painting, “Blooming Redbud”, is in the collection of the Richmond Art Museum, Indiana
Information courtesy of Wickliff & Associates Auctioneers, September 2005