We buy vintage art
Fine Estate Art deals in vintage Indiana artwork including pieces related to Brown County, Richmond, Indianapolis / John Herron, The Hoosier Salon, The Hoosier Group and the Indiana Dunes.
If you have artwork you are considering selling, please drop us a note or call us at (317) 253-5910.
Enjoy browsing through the site, we have listings for over 1000 artists. With a few exceptions, nearly all of the artists we deal in have some relationship to Indiana and our state’s rich art heritage. The artists to the right comprise our favorites and we continue to develop biographical information for these and other listings. Please contact us if you can provide us with any additional biographical information.
Zoning Hearing, Tomorrow!
Our Variance Hearing is Tomorrow
Come Support Us! Bring a Friend!
SerVaas Public Assembly Room
Second Floor
Indianapolis City County Building
200 East Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Surface parking is available at 55 N. Alabama St. Indianapolis, IN 46204
The day’s docket of hearings begin at 1:00 pm. I will arrive before 1:00 pm. We would like attendees for our hearing to arrive by 1:30 pm — so you don’t miss the start.
Contact me if you need any addition information: curt@fineestaterugs.com
Thank you in advance if you’re able to make it. A physical show of support is so important. And thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts to relocate and carry on with our business. We feel the love.
We will know results at the conclusion of the hearing. If we prevail, we invite you back to the new Fine Estate and Gallery Two for the appropriate celebration!
With gratitude,
- Curt Churchman
Important Zoning Update!
We are now one week away from our zoning hearing, seeking a variance for our new location at 4186 Broadway St. We have received much support – over fifty letters to our City Planner and 330 signatures on our online petition.
The end is near and we still need your help! It’s been mentioned to me countless times how important it is to have warm bodies in seats at the hearing. If you are able, we would love your support as we go before the Zoning Board with our request.
The hearing date is Tuesday March 3, 2015 and cases begin at 1:00pm
The location is SerVaas Public Assembly Room (second floor) at the Indianapolis City-County building located at 200 East Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. There is a large surface parking lot just east of the City-County building on Alabama St.
If you plan on going to the hearing, please let us know as we would like to anticipate attendance. Also, let us know if you have any questions. You can contact me at curt@fineestaterugs.com on either account. We will update our hearing info later in the week when we have a better idea of our position on the schedule.
For more information, please checkout our site
dedicated to the move and zoning variance.
Again, many thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement we’ve received!
Important Zoning Update!
Please note: There has been an administrative change and our variance hearing is now scheduled for Tuesday March 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm. *
We are pleased to let you know the Indianapolis Planning Division recommends approval of our variance request and that information will be provided to our Zoning Board for our 3/3/15 hearing. Staff support is very important and we’re encouraged by their findings. To view the recommendation of approval click here.
The City has received over 50 letters of support, the online petition has 325 signatures with over 130 supportive comments and local, paper petitions have yet more signatures. All very helpful!
We’d like to thank everyone for this vast outpouring of support that has come from all quarters – it is so appreciated. It’s great to have the real, local community voicing their views and not being held captive to the will of a small, vocal group who are in opposition.
As we’re being continued, there’s still time to share your thoughts. Same details – write our City planner (robert.uhlenhake@indy.gov), sign our online petition.
Also, if you’re available, please think of attending the hearing now set for 3/3/15 at 1:00 pm. We’ll update you with hearing info as the event draws closer on our relocation site.
New Art Added, (2/6/15)
William Forsyth
– December
Fine Estate & Gallery Two have moved!
It’s been a while since we last communicated with you and if you saw our email of 12/20/14 you would likely have guessed our lack of chatter is due to the demands of moving a store full of rugs and art. And you would be right! To see a few photos of the move, click here.
Phone number, emails and websites remain the same.
New Art Added, (11/19/14)
Carl Graf
– Winter Stream
Dale Bessire
– Blossom Trail
– Evening in Spring
New Art Added, (11/6/14)
Paul Turner Sarget
– Autumn Sky
Frank Girardin
– Richmond Landscape (SOLD)
Homer Davisson
– Northern Indiana Farm
New Art Added, (10/31/14)
T.C. Steele
– To The Overlook, 1914
New Art Added, (10/29/14)
Frederick Polley
– Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Floyd Hopper
– Indiana Village
– Blue Hills
– Fishing
Kenneth Reeve
– Christmas Eve
New Art Added, (10/9/14)
T.C. Steele
– Autumn Twilight of the Woods, 1922
L.O. Griffith
– The Happy Time, 1956
V.J. Cariani
– Still Life with Chrysanthemums
R.B. Gruelle
– Winter Sunset
New Art Added, (10/1/14)
Frank Dudley
– Summer Surf
C. Curry Bohm
– Hills o Winter
Anthony Buchta
– Winter Witcheries
George Jo Mess
– Campfire Joy
Evalyn Gertrude James
– Roses
Hilah Drake Wheeler
– Floral Still Life
Alyce June Burkholder
– Floral Still Life
Orrin Draver
– Autumn Landscape
Harry Davis
– November Landscape
Jan Zwara
– Broad Ripple Park 1934
William Forsyth
– Summer Landscape with Figures
New Art Added, (9/5/14)
T.C. Steele
– Untitled Brown County Road (SOLD)
New Art Added, (8/29/14)
Anthony Buchta
– Home From the Fishing Trip – Gloucester Mass (SOLD)
L.O. Griffith
– Shaded Barn
E.K. Williams
– Along the Shanties
New Art Added, (8/20/14)
C. Curry Bohm
– Brown County Landscape
Charles Dahlgreen
– Edge of the Woods
V.J. Cariani
– Overlooking Clay Lick Valley (SOLD)
– Autumn Banners
New Art Added, (8/13/14)
William Frederick Kaeser
– Fishin’
George Herbert Baker
– Coastline
John Elwood Bundy
– Richmond Autumn Landscape (SOLD)
Marie Goth
– Still Life with Roses (SOLD)
Von Williamson
– Grown Over and Blown Down
– Red Sky at Night
‘Art of the Moment’ Right to your Inbox
We email ‘Art of the Moment’ to over 5,500 subscribers, gently highlighting recent artwork and rug additions. To see the stream of fun offerings just submit your email in the box at the top left of this page, below the search box. Our email list will never be traded or let out.
To view some of our most recent ‘Art of the Moment’ emails, please click the links below.
- Marie Goth “Still Life With Roses”- Glenn Cooper Henshaw “Venice”
- Gustave Baumann “Harden Hollow”
- John Elwood Bundy “Richmond Autumn Landscape”
- Lois Davis “Hurry Up to Wait”
- Kenneth Reeve “Duckling”
- Gianni Cilfone “Gardeners”
- Leota Leep “Angel’s Trumpets”
- Robert Marshall Root “Over the Hill to the River”
New Art Added, (7/25/14)
Gustave Baumann
– Harden Hollow
New Art Added, (7/09/14)
Lois Davis
– Hurry Up To Wait
New Art Added, (5/23/14)
Leota Loop
– Angel’s Trumpets
Edward R. Sitzman
– Interior Woods
Jan Zwara
– Alpine Landscape #1
– Alpine Landscape #2
George Herbert Baker
– Oregon Farmstead
Fine Estate & Gallery Two Spring Opening Friday May 9, 2014
Join us for our Spring Opening the evening of Friday May 9, 2014 from 5:00p to 10:00p.
Food, drink and good cheer served in abundance.
New Art Added, (5/2/14)
Homer Gordon Davisson
– Walk Your Horses (SOLD)
Homer Gordon Davisson
– Lane Along the Mississinewa (SOLD)
New Art Added, (4/24/14)
C. Curry Bohm
– Bright Winter’s Day (SOLD)
Edward Sitzman
– Richmond Woods
New Art Added, (4/10/14)
Georges LaChance
– May Stream
Major Announcement of the Moment, (3/4/14)
We’re excited to announce the opening of Gallery Two in a space adjacent to Fine Estate. Gallery Two will be representing some of the best Indiana and regional artists working today: Roy Boswell, Mary Ann Davis, Wyatt LeGrand, Chris Newlund, Austin Pittman, David Seward, Donna Shortt, Jerry Smith and Todd Williams.
We will be debuting Gallery Two hanging alongside Fine Estate at Indiana Landmarks Center (1201 N. Central St. Indianapolis, IN 46202) this Friday as part of the IDADA First Friday gallery walk. Over 80 works will be on display from Gallery Two artists alongside pieces from Fine Estate Art. Seeing Steele’s Kirkwood Observatory should be another nudge. The Gallery Two artists will be present at the Landmarks debut— A celebratory launch of our new venture together.
The Grand Opening for Gallery Two is Thursday, April 17, 2014 beginning at 5:00p. All the artists will be present for this festive evening in the newly remodeled space, adjacent to Fine Estate (Gallery Two address is 5912 N. College Ave). We’re very pleased to announce that Sue Wickliff will be adjunct staff and a point of contact for Gallery Two. To see our recent announcement click here
An Evening with Rachel Perry, (3/27/14)
Join us March 27, 2014 for an evening with Rachel Perry discussing her newly published book on Hoosier Group artist William Forsyth, for more information click here
New Art Added, (3/20/14)
Harry A. Davis
– End of an Era #2
Arnold Turtle
– San Francisco – Oakland Bay
George Herbert Baker
– Winter Stream
– Richmond Bridge
Gustave Baumann
– The Landmark
Edward R. Sitzman
– A Walk in the Woods (SOLD)
Glenn Cooper Henshaw
– Village in the Hills
New Art Added, (2/13/14)
Evalyn Gertrude James
– Silver and Gold
New Art Added, (2/13/14)
T.C. Steele
– Kirkwood Observatory, Indiana University (SOLD)
‘Art of the Moment’ Right to your Inbox
We email ‘Art of the Moment’ to over 5,000 subscribers, gently highlighting recent artwork and rug additions. To see the stream of fun offerings just submit your email in the box at the top left of this page, below the search box. Our email list will never be traded or let out.
To view some of our most recent ‘Art of the Moment’ emails, please click the links below.
- Arnold Turtle “San Francisco – Oakland Bay”- Evalyn Gertrude James “Silver and Gold”
- Dale Bessire “Clouded Hills”
- T.C. Steele “Kirkwood Observatory, Indiana University”
- Frank Hohenberger “A Wet Snow”
- Georges La Chance “Tending the Team”
- Adolph Robert Shulz “Spring Landscape”
- Karl C. Brandner “Winter Stream”
- Randolph LaSalle Coats “Retired Rum Runner”
- William McKendree Snyder “Michigan Summer Landscape with Sheep”
- Ruthven Byrum “Anderson from the White River”
- Martha Hinkle Mosier “Richmond Landscape”
- Jan Zwara “White River Meridian Street Bridge”
- Carl Lotick “Autumn Stream”
- Carl Rudolph Krafft “Roadside Cabin”
- George Herbert Baker “Richmond Landscape”
- George Jo Mess “Farm in the Valley”
- Adolph Robert Shulz “The Abandoned Road, Delevan, Wis”
- V.J. Cariani “Floral Still Life”
- Gustave Baumann “Grandma Battin’s Garden”
New Art Added, (2/13/14)
T.C. Steele
– Kirkwood Observatory, Indiana University
New Biographical Information, (1/13/13)
Updated biographies have been posted for the following artists:
– Wayman Adams
– E.K. Williams
– Elmira Kempton
– Wood Woolsey
– Ida Gordon
– Harry Townsend
– Hugh M. Poe
– Emabelle Flanagan
– Lester Nagley
– Lois Davis
New Art Added, (1/10/13)
Karl C. Brandner
– Winter Landscape (SOLD)
– Winter Stream
New Art Added, (12/19/13)
Randolph LaSalle Coats
– Retired Rum Runner
New Art Added, (12/12/13)
William McKendree Snyder
– Michigan Summer Landscape with Sheep (SOLD)
New Art Added, (11/14/13)
Carl Lotick
– Autumn Stream
New Art Added, (11/07/13)
Gustave Baumann
– Courthouse Yard (SOLD)
Carolyn Bradley
– Gloucester
New Art Added, (10/25/13)
Carl Rudolph Krafft
– Roadside Cabin
– Back from the Fields
George Herbert Baker
– Richmond Landscape
New Art Added, (10/18/13)
George Jo Mess
– Farm in the Valley (SOLD)
– Valley Road
Constance Forsyth
– Summer Creek
– Seascape with Figures
New Art Added, (10/10/13)
Adolph Shulz
– Abandoned Road, Delavan, Wis. (SOLD)
New Art Added, (10/2/13)
V.J. Cariani
– Floral Still Life
New Art Added, (9/19/13)
Gustave Baumann
– Grandma Battin’s Garden
Anthony Buchta
– Bean Blossom Overlook (SOLD)
– Nashville
Glenn Cooper Henshaw
– New York
– Flat Iron Building (SOLD)
Floyd Hopper
– Untitled
– Ducks Landing
Martha Hinkle Mosier
– Pioneer Cabin, Martinsville
New Art Added, (9/13/13)
John Elwood Bundy
– Winter on the Whitewater (SOLD)
Harry Engel
– Rag Rug
New Art Added, (8/26/13)
Jan Zwara
– Bison in the Big Horns (SOLD)
New Biographical Information, (8/23/13)
Updated biographies have been posted for the following artists:
– Grant Wright Christian
– George Ames Aldrich
– Harry Engel
– Frank Rudolf Humpal
– Evalyn Gertrude James
– William Frederick Kaeser
– Carl Lotick
– Charles Conner
– William Clusmann
– Paul Randall
– Fred W. Rigley
– Georges LaChance
– Ferdinand Louis Schlemmer
– William Edouard Scott
– Reynolds L. Selfridge
– Stanley Sascha Sessler
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