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Jan 7, 2023 · Born in Boston between 1809 and 1813, clothes dealer and community activist John P. Coburn and his family lived at this home beginning in 1844. This house may have been the last commission of renowned architect Asher Benjamin. Coburn ran a successful clothing shop on Brattle Street.
John Coburn has painted for the past half a century according to a simple philosophy: “I want to express my feeling about nature and the world.” Adopting religious and spiritual themes in his pursuit of abstract art as his mode of expression has obliged Coburn to pursue a lonely course, apart from the mainstream of postwar Australian painters.
This is the Curtain of the Sun, so called by its artist, John Coburn, who saw its strong warm colours as evocative of the atmosphere of opera. Woven at Aubusson, France, the curtain is a work...
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John Coburn may refer to: John Coburn (silversmith) (1724–1803), silversmith in Boston, Massachusetts; John Coburn (Kentucky judge) (1762–1823), Kentucky pioneer, circuit court judge, and territory judge; John P. Coburn (1811–1873), Boston African-American abolitionist; John Coburn (Indiana politician) (1825–1908), American Civil War ...
John Coburn's tapestry the Curtain of the Moon was designed as the house curtain the Drama Theatre at the opening of Sydney Opera House. The Curtain of the Moon weighs nearly 60 kilograms and...
John Coburn AM (23 September 1925 – 7 November 2006) was an Australian abstract painter, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker. Born in Ingham, Queensland, John Coburn moved from town to town with his mother and two younger sisters when his bank manager father went from branch to branch. His father died when the boy was 10.
Mar 28, 2023 · John Coburn House. Boston African American National Historic Site. 2 Philips Street. NPS Photo. Quick Facts. Location: 2 Phillips Street. Significance: Home to community activist John Coburn. Designation: Black Heritage Trail Site. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. MANAGED BY: Private Residence.
