Pearl Rombach, age 103, formerly of Cleveland, wife of the late Charles, mother of the late Severin. Died Oct. 27, 1989 in Melbourne Village, FL. where memorial services will be held October 29.
(CLEVELAND) Plain Dealer - October 29, 1989
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Florida Today (Cocoa, FL) - 28 Oct 1989, Sat - p.17
'Straight-talking' Pearl Rombach dies at 103
Pearl Rombach died Friday at age 103. She was born in Cleveland but spent her youth in Tennessee. In 1957, she moved to Melbourne Village. She dearly missed her only son, Severin, who died in the Battle of Midway during World War II. She is survived by her cousin, Ruth Osbun of Cleveland.
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75 Years Of An Artist's Life Pearl Rombach's Work To Be On Display In Melbourne
June 5, 1986 |By Ruth Rasche of The Sentinel Staff
MELBOURNE — Pearl Rombach has been creating works of art longer than most people have been alive.
Just a couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Rombach of Melbourne Village still does watercolors, critiques modern art, takes weekly painting classes, and gets around like a woman two-thirds her age.
''Art has kept me going and interested in things,'' she said. ''Through it I've grown and grown. But sometimes I feel like I'm 1,000 and I don't know how I still paint.''
In celebration of Rombach's more than 75 years as an artist, a special exhibition of her work will be displayed from June 7 through July 6 at the Brevard Art Center and Museum in Melbourne. Rombach's showing includes painted china from the early 1900s, pencil drawings from the 1920s and watercolor and oil paintings completed over the last half-century. Her exhibition will run concurrently with the museum's 8th annual members juried show.
The museum at 1463 Highland Ave. is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
During a recent preshow tour of the museum, Rombach held a Belleek Irish porcelain pitcher she decorated with enamels in 1914. Its delicate colors and patterns took forever to paint, said the woman who will turn 100 June 22.
''This is my favorite,'' Rombach said as she handed the piece to a visitor. ''Don't you drop it or you'll never have to stop running.''
Another even more elaborate china piece, which she calls her dragons and clouds vase, was done over a four-year period beginning in 1910.
''I sat and held this thing for so long to paint it,'' Rombach said as she studied the vase, the years melting in its metallic luster. ''No one wants to do this type of work anymore. I even stopped doing it after World War I because we stopped getting shipments of china from abroad.''
Robert Gabriel, executive director of the museum, said many people do not appreciate the time and effort required to paint china.
''It's really a lost art now,'' he said.
Rombach said she wasn't sure how she got the idea to paint Chinese designs on the vase. It just seemed to come naturally, she remembered.
''I didn't have any contact with Chinese art then. I don't know how I knew to do it.''
Maybe it was from all the jewelry she saw over the years as the wife of a Cleveland jewelry store owner. ''I was everything from buyer to cleaning lady in our shop,'' she said. When her husband, Charles, whom she married in 1907, decided to retire in 1954, the couple moved to Melbourne Village. He died three years later, but she has lived there ever since.
A native of Cleveland, Rombach first learned to paint at a small private school in Jasper, Tenn., where her family moved when she was 6 years old. She later returned to Cleveland, where she studied art and interior design.
One of the paintings she did in recent years at her weekly art class in Melbourne Village depicts a cave in Tennessee where, as a girl, she went to get cool on Sunday afternoons.
''It was a real challenge to make a hole in the side of a mountain and have it look like a cave,'' she said in a way fellow art students surely would understand.
Over the last few years, Rombach has painted almost exclusively with watercolors, especially after a brief stint with oils.
''I did a spell of oils with a local teacher,'' she said. ''I started in oils and I wasn't so good, so he said to go back to watercolors. I said, 'No, I'm going to do oils or bust.' That's the same way I learned how to drive. My husband didn't want to teach me, but I saw people who looked dumber than me driving, so I figured I could do it too.
''I drove until I was past 90, but then I realized I wasn't seeing so well anymore so I quit on my own accord before something happened.''
That kind of foresight is reflected in her willingness to keep going and growing despite her years.
During the museum tour, Rombach saw an abstract painting by museum artist- in-residence Frits Van Eeden.
''I just don't understand it,'' she said, marveling at the large colored forms on canvas. ''It's like someone's talking to me in a foreign language.'' But then she went on to the next abstract piece, stopping for a while to look for a phrase she knew.
Source: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-05/entertainment/0230010016_1_rombach-paint-china-works-of-art [retrieved 21 Jun 2016]
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(CLEVELAND) Plain Dealer - October 29, 1989
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Florida Today (Cocoa, FL) - 28 Oct 1989, Sat - p.17
'Straight-talking' Pearl Rombach dies at 103
Pearl Rombach died Friday at age 103. She was born in Cleveland but spent her youth in Tennessee. In 1957, she moved to Melbourne Village. She dearly missed her only son, Severin, who died in the Battle of Midway during World War II. She is survived by her cousin, Ruth Osbun of Cleveland.
[Original obituary edited for content]
75 Years Of An Artist's Life Pearl Rombach's Work To Be On Display In Melbourne
June 5, 1986 |By Ruth Rasche of The Sentinel Staff
MELBOURNE — Pearl Rombach has been creating works of art longer than most people have been alive.
Just a couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Rombach of Melbourne Village still does watercolors, critiques modern art, takes weekly painting classes, and gets around like a woman two-thirds her age.
''Art has kept me going and interested in things,'' she said. ''Through it I've grown and grown. But sometimes I feel like I'm 1,000 and I don't know how I still paint.''
In celebration of Rombach's more than 75 years as an artist, a special exhibition of her work will be displayed from June 7 through July 6 at the Brevard Art Center and Museum in Melbourne. Rombach's showing includes painted china from the early 1900s, pencil drawings from the 1920s and watercolor and oil paintings completed over the last half-century. Her exhibition will run concurrently with the museum's 8th annual members juried show.
The museum at 1463 Highland Ave. is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
During a recent preshow tour of the museum, Rombach held a Belleek Irish porcelain pitcher she decorated with enamels in 1914. Its delicate colors and patterns took forever to paint, said the woman who will turn 100 June 22.
''This is my favorite,'' Rombach said as she handed the piece to a visitor. ''Don't you drop it or you'll never have to stop running.''
Another even more elaborate china piece, which she calls her dragons and clouds vase, was done over a four-year period beginning in 1910.
''I sat and held this thing for so long to paint it,'' Rombach said as she studied the vase, the years melting in its metallic luster. ''No one wants to do this type of work anymore. I even stopped doing it after World War I because we stopped getting shipments of china from abroad.''
Robert Gabriel, executive director of the museum, said many people do not appreciate the time and effort required to paint china.
''It's really a lost art now,'' he said.
Rombach said she wasn't sure how she got the idea to paint Chinese designs on the vase. It just seemed to come naturally, she remembered.
''I didn't have any contact with Chinese art then. I don't know how I knew to do it.''
Maybe it was from all the jewelry she saw over the years as the wife of a Cleveland jewelry store owner. ''I was everything from buyer to cleaning lady in our shop,'' she said. When her husband, Charles, whom she married in 1907, decided to retire in 1954, the couple moved to Melbourne Village. He died three years later, but she has lived there ever since.
A native of Cleveland, Rombach first learned to paint at a small private school in Jasper, Tenn., where her family moved when she was 6 years old. She later returned to Cleveland, where she studied art and interior design.
One of the paintings she did in recent years at her weekly art class in Melbourne Village depicts a cave in Tennessee where, as a girl, she went to get cool on Sunday afternoons.
''It was a real challenge to make a hole in the side of a mountain and have it look like a cave,'' she said in a way fellow art students surely would understand.
Over the last few years, Rombach has painted almost exclusively with watercolors, especially after a brief stint with oils.
''I did a spell of oils with a local teacher,'' she said. ''I started in oils and I wasn't so good, so he said to go back to watercolors. I said, 'No, I'm going to do oils or bust.' That's the same way I learned how to drive. My husband didn't want to teach me, but I saw people who looked dumber than me driving, so I figured I could do it too.
''I drove until I was past 90, but then I realized I wasn't seeing so well anymore so I quit on my own accord before something happened.''
That kind of foresight is reflected in her willingness to keep going and growing despite her years.
During the museum tour, Rombach saw an abstract painting by museum artist- in-residence Frits Van Eeden.
''I just don't understand it,'' she said, marveling at the large colored forms on canvas. ''It's like someone's talking to me in a foreign language.'' But then she went on to the next abstract piece, stopping for a while to look for a phrase she knew.
Source: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-05/entertainment/0230010016_1_rombach-paint-china-works-of-art [retrieved 21 Jun 2016]
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Pearl Rombach, age 103, formerly of Cleveland, wife of the late Charles, mother of the late Severin. Died Oct. 27, 1989 in Melbourne Village, FL. where memorial services will be held October 29.
(CLEVELAND) Plain Dealer - October 29, 1989
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Florida Today (Cocoa, FL) - 28 Oct 1989, Sat - p.17
'Straight-talking' Pearl Rombach dies at 103
Pearl Rombach died Friday at age 103. She was born in Cleveland but spent her youth in Tennessee. In 1957, she moved to Melbourne Village. She dearly missed her only son, Severin, who died in the Battle of Midway during World War II. She is survived by her cousin, Ruth Osbun of Cleveland.
[Original obituary edited for content]
75 Years Of An Artist's Life Pearl Rombach's Work To Be On Display In Melbourne
June 5, 1986 |By Ruth Rasche of The Sentinel Staff
MELBOURNE — Pearl Rombach has been creating works of art longer than most people have been alive.
Just a couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Rombach of Melbourne Village still does watercolors, critiques modern art, takes weekly painting classes, and gets around like a woman two-thirds her age.
''Art has kept me going and interested in things,'' she said. ''Through it I've grown and grown. But sometimes I feel like I'm 1,000 and I don't know how I still paint.''
In celebration of Rombach's more than 75 years as an artist, a special exhibition of her work will be displayed from June 7 through July 6 at the Brevard Art Center and Museum in Melbourne. Rombach's showing includes painted china from the early 1900s, pencil drawings from the 1920s and watercolor and oil paintings completed over the last half-century. Her exhibition will run concurrently with the museum's 8th annual members juried show.
The museum at 1463 Highland Ave. is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
During a recent preshow tour of the museum, Rombach held a Belleek Irish porcelain pitcher she decorated with enamels in 1914. Its delicate colors and patterns took forever to paint, said the woman who will turn 100 June 22.
''This is my favorite,'' Rombach said as she handed the piece to a visitor. ''Don't you drop it or you'll never have to stop running.''
Another even more elaborate china piece, which she calls her dragons and clouds vase, was done over a four-year period beginning in 1910.
''I sat and held this thing for so long to paint it,'' Rombach said as she studied the vase, the years melting in its metallic luster. ''No one wants to do this type of work anymore. I even stopped doing it after World War I because we stopped getting shipments of china from abroad.''
Robert Gabriel, executive director of the museum, said many people do not appreciate the time and effort required to paint china.
''It's really a lost art now,'' he said.
Rombach said she wasn't sure how she got the idea to paint Chinese designs on the vase. It just seemed to come naturally, she remembered.
''I didn't have any contact with Chinese art then. I don't know how I knew to do it.''
Maybe it was from all the jewelry she saw over the years as the wife of a Cleveland jewelry store owner. ''I was everything from buyer to cleaning lady in our shop,'' she said. When her husband, Charles, whom she married in 1907, decided to retire in 1954, the couple moved to Melbourne Village. He died three years later, but she has lived there ever since.
A native of Cleveland, Rombach first learned to paint at a small private school in Jasper, Tenn., where her family moved when she was 6 years old. She later returned to Cleveland, where she studied art and interior design.
One of the paintings she did in recent years at her weekly art class in Melbourne Village depicts a cave in Tennessee where, as a girl, she went to get cool on Sunday afternoons.
''It was a real challenge to make a hole in the side of a mountain and have it look like a cave,'' she said in a way fellow art students surely would understand.
Over the last few years, Rombach has painted almost exclusively with watercolors, especially after a brief stint with oils.
''I did a spell of oils with a local teacher,'' she said. ''I started in oils and I wasn't so good, so he said to go back to watercolors. I said, 'No, I'm going to do oils or bust.' That's the same way I learned how to drive. My husband didn't want to teach me, but I saw people who looked dumber than me driving, so I figured I could do it too.
''I drove until I was past 90, but then I realized I wasn't seeing so well anymore so I quit on my own accord before something happened.''
That kind of foresight is reflected in her willingness to keep going and growing despite her years.
During the museum tour, Rombach saw an abstract painting by museum artist- in-residence Frits Van Eeden.
''I just don't understand it,'' she said, marveling at the large colored forms on canvas. ''It's like someone's talking to me in a foreign language.'' But then she went on to the next abstract piece, stopping for a while to look for a phrase she knew.
Source: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-05/entertainment/0230010016_1_rombach-paint-china-works-of-art [retrieved 21 Jun 2016]
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(CLEVELAND) Plain Dealer - October 29, 1989
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See other obits online at Cleveland News Index and Cleveland.com/obits. Also see my profile for other resources.
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Florida Today (Cocoa, FL) - 28 Oct 1989, Sat - p.17
'Straight-talking' Pearl Rombach dies at 103
Pearl Rombach died Friday at age 103. She was born in Cleveland but spent her youth in Tennessee. In 1957, she moved to Melbourne Village. She dearly missed her only son, Severin, who died in the Battle of Midway during World War II. She is survived by her cousin, Ruth Osbun of Cleveland.
[Original obituary edited for content]
75 Years Of An Artist's Life Pearl Rombach's Work To Be On Display In Melbourne
June 5, 1986 |By Ruth Rasche of The Sentinel Staff
MELBOURNE — Pearl Rombach has been creating works of art longer than most people have been alive.
Just a couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Rombach of Melbourne Village still does watercolors, critiques modern art, takes weekly painting classes, and gets around like a woman two-thirds her age.
''Art has kept me going and interested in things,'' she said. ''Through it I've grown and grown. But sometimes I feel like I'm 1,000 and I don't know how I still paint.''
In celebration of Rombach's more than 75 years as an artist, a special exhibition of her work will be displayed from June 7 through July 6 at the Brevard Art Center and Museum in Melbourne. Rombach's showing includes painted china from the early 1900s, pencil drawings from the 1920s and watercolor and oil paintings completed over the last half-century. Her exhibition will run concurrently with the museum's 8th annual members juried show.
The museum at 1463 Highland Ave. is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
During a recent preshow tour of the museum, Rombach held a Belleek Irish porcelain pitcher she decorated with enamels in 1914. Its delicate colors and patterns took forever to paint, said the woman who will turn 100 June 22.
''This is my favorite,'' Rombach said as she handed the piece to a visitor. ''Don't you drop it or you'll never have to stop running.''
Another even more elaborate china piece, which she calls her dragons and clouds vase, was done over a four-year period beginning in 1910.
''I sat and held this thing for so long to paint it,'' Rombach said as she studied the vase, the years melting in its metallic luster. ''No one wants to do this type of work anymore. I even stopped doing it after World War I because we stopped getting shipments of china from abroad.''
Robert Gabriel, executive director of the museum, said many people do not appreciate the time and effort required to paint china.
''It's really a lost art now,'' he said.
Rombach said she wasn't sure how she got the idea to paint Chinese designs on the vase. It just seemed to come naturally, she remembered.
''I didn't have any contact with Chinese art then. I don't know how I knew to do it.''
Maybe it was from all the jewelry she saw over the years as the wife of a Cleveland jewelry store owner. ''I was everything from buyer to cleaning lady in our shop,'' she said. When her husband, Charles, whom she married in 1907, decided to retire in 1954, the couple moved to Melbourne Village. He died three years later, but she has lived there ever since.
A native of Cleveland, Rombach first learned to paint at a small private school in Jasper, Tenn., where her family moved when she was 6 years old. She later returned to Cleveland, where she studied art and interior design.
One of the paintings she did in recent years at her weekly art class in Melbourne Village depicts a cave in Tennessee where, as a girl, she went to get cool on Sunday afternoons.
''It was a real challenge to make a hole in the side of a mountain and have it look like a cave,'' she said in a way fellow art students surely would understand.
Over the last few years, Rombach has painted almost exclusively with watercolors, especially after a brief stint with oils.
''I did a spell of oils with a local teacher,'' she said. ''I started in oils and I wasn't so good, so he said to go back to watercolors. I said, 'No, I'm going to do oils or bust.' That's the same way I learned how to drive. My husband didn't want to teach me, but I saw people who looked dumber than me driving, so I figured I could do it too.
''I drove until I was past 90, but then I realized I wasn't seeing so well anymore so I quit on my own accord before something happened.''
That kind of foresight is reflected in her willingness to keep going and growing despite her years.
During the museum tour, Rombach saw an abstract painting by museum artist- in-residence Frits Van Eeden.
''I just don't understand it,'' she said, marveling at the large colored forms on canvas. ''It's like someone's talking to me in a foreign language.'' But then she went on to the next abstract piece, stopping for a while to look for a phrase she knew.
Source: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-05/entertainment/0230010016_1_rombach-paint-china-works-of-art [retrieved 21 Jun 2016]
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