Fine Estate Art :: Artists http://www.fineestateart.com/ Indiana's Great Artists Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:01:28 -0800 Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Fine Estate Art. All rights reserved. en-US 60 http://www.sporkmonger.com/projects/feedtools/ Ruth Bernice Anderson UPDATED http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/ruth_bernice_anderson Fine Estate Art Ruth Anderson was born in Indianapolis and studied at John ... Ruth Anderson was born in Indianapolis and studied at John Herron Art Institute.

She has several exhibition records in Indiana as well as an association with Tuscon, AZ through her western travels.

Her work consists of pieces featuring children, still lifes, landscapes and cityscapes.

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]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:01:28 -0800 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/ruth_bernice_anderson John Cowan Templeton UPDATED http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/john_cowan_templeton Fine Estate Art John Cowan Templeton arrived to the Hammond, IN area in ... John Cowan Templeton arrived to the Hammond, IN area in around 1908. He was a trained sign painter—a job which took him to many locations. In his free time he executed landscapes.

In the 1910s he took a night job with Inland Steel and continued to paint with a particular emphasis on the Indiana Dunes.

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John C. Templeton moved to East Chicago in 1908, where he lived the rest of his life (1958). As an artist he was mostly self-developed, but he studied at the University of West Virginia, also in Nashville, Detroit, Phoenix, and in Italy. He was an exhibitor at the Northern Indiana Arts Association, the Hoosier Salon, and had a one-man show at the Chicago Galleries. He was an Inland Steel employee, painting in his free time and after he retired. He taught adults at Whiting High School, and also gave private lessons. He had a simple palate and painted many dunes scenes.

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]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:56:53 -0800 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/john_cowan_templeton Glenn Cooper Henshaw http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/glenn_cooper_henshaw Fine Estate Art Glenn Cooper Henshaw studied at Herron under J. Ottis Adams ... Glenn Cooper Henshaw studied at Herron under J. Ottis Adams as well as in Munich and Paris. Returning to the U.S., he settled in New York and worked largely in pastel capturing city and harbor scenes.

Henshaw moved to Baltimore and established a studio in Nashville, IN after World War I.

He was extrememly prolific and a master of pastels. His early signature appears as “Hinshaw” and changed to “Henshaw” sometime around 1912.

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]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:18:45 -0800 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/glenn_cooper_henshaw Anthony Buchta http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/anthony_buchta Fine Estate Art Anthony Buchta grew up in Iowa and attended the Chicago Fine ... Anthony Buchta grew up in Iowa and attended the Chicago Fine Arts Academy and the Chicago Art Institute. He worked as a commercial artist in Chicago and was a landscape painter in his free time.

After making trips to Brown County to paint, he eventually moved to Nashville permanently, purchasing the former home of Edward K. Williams. He was a bachelor his whole life.

He is known for his brilliant use of color, particularly violets.

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]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:51:36 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/anthony_buchta Helen Murphey Goodwin http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/helen_murphey_goodwin Fine Estate Art Helen Goodwin was born in New Castle, Indiana. She studied ... Helen Goodwin was born in New Castle, Indiana. She studied at the Art Institute in Chicago, 1993-94, the Academie Julian and later in Munich. Also with Charles Hawthorne and at Shinnecock with William Merit Chase.

She returned to Indiana and was a member of the Indiana Artists Club, the Hoosier Salon and the Provincetown Art Association. She has exhibit records from literally all over the world.

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]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:25:55 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/helen_murphey_goodwin Hallie Pace Prow http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/hallie_pace_prow Fine Estate Art Laura Baloun buys Hallie Prow laurabaloun@gmail.com Laura Baloun buys Hallie Prow laurabaloun@gmail.com

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:08:39 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/hallie_pace_prow Mildred Niesse http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/mildred_niesse Fine Estate Art The following was submitted Bob Niesse, the artist's son: ... The following was submitted Bob Niesse, the artist’s son:

Mildred Niesse was an Artist Emeritus of the Brown County Art Gallery and a life member there. Her work earned wide acclaim before she studied art with teachers of the Indianapolis Art League in the 1950s.

She was honored on Nov. 13, 1999 at the Hoosier Salon’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Celebration. She won 40 major awards over the following years.

She was a member of the Indiana Artists Club, The Hoosier Salon, The Brown County Art Gallery, The “20” Artists Group, a Signature member of the Watercolor Society and The Indiana Federation of Art Clubs. She was past president of the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs. Her other memberships The Indiana Historical Society.

Her work has been exhibited at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She taught art classes for gifted children at St. Mary School. In 1980, she was commissioned to paint the Memorial Union Building at Indiana University in Bloomington. The painting was reproduced in 500 color lithographs and sold to alumni around the world.

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:09:25 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/mildred_niesse Leota Williams Loop http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/leota_williams_loop Fine Estate Art Leota Loop was an active artist and teacher associated with ... Leota Loop was an active artist and teacher associated with Nashville, Indiana. She is known both for her floral still lifes as well as Brown County landscapes.

Leota Loop taught in Nashville for several years and was active in the Tri Kappa sorority and many art clubs and associations statewide.

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]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:46:54 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/leota_williams_loop John W. Hardrick http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/john_w_hardrick Fine Estate Art John Hardrick was one of Indianapolis' most successful ... John Hardrick was one of Indianapolis’ most successful African American artists. He was from meager means but showed early promise with his art skills.

He eventually came to the attention of Herman Lieber who assisted in getting him enrolled in childrens classes at the Herron Art Institute.

He later attended Manual High School and studied under Otto Stark and then returned to Herron in 1910.

His works tend to be very colorful and lively. Works lacking signatures are not uncommon.

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]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:25:26 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/john_w_hardrick Mark Sussino http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/mark_sussino Fine Estate Art Mark Sussino is a successful wildlife artist specializing in ... Mark Sussino is a successful wildlife artist specializing in aquatic species. He has his degree from the Pratt Institute of New York. Sussino has created winning illustrations for stamp contests including those for Indiana and Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Society of Animal Artists.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:19:15 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/mark_sussino Donald M. Mattison http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/donald_m_mattison Fine Estate Art Donald Mattison studied at Yale, won the Prix de Rome and ... Donald Mattison studied at Yale, won the Prix de Rome and taught briefly at Columbia before coming to Indianapolis to teach and ultimately become dean of Herron.

He is known for portraits, landscapes and murals and also did some work with lithography.

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]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:23:01 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/donald_m_mattison Oakley E. Richey http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/oakley_e_richey Fine Estate Art Oakley Richey graduated from Herron and undertook additional ... Oakley Richey graduated from Herron and undertook additional studies at Grand Central School of Art and the Art Students League.

Richey taught at Herron from 1924-1935 and then was an instructor at Arsenal Tech High School.

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]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:10:01 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/oakley_e_richey James Eccles http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/james_eccles Fine Estate Art Retired from the Continental Bank in Chicago in 1945, Eccles ... Retired from the Continental Bank in Chicago in 1945, Eccles pursued art as a second career. He was largely based out of Chicago and traveled extensively, painting along the way. He often ventured to Brown County for his landscape subjects.

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]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:49:06 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/james_eccles Louise Zaring http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/louise_zaring Fine Estate Art Louise Eleanor Zaring was born in Cincinnati and began her ... Louise Eleanor Zaring was born in Cincinnati and began her formal art studies in Greencastle, IN where she briefly encountered John Twachtman and William Forsyth.

She went on to study at The Art Student League in New York and then to Academie Vitti in Paris where she earned an award.

She returned to the States and Provincetown where she studied under Hawthorne.

She spent some portion of her life in Evansville, IN though no further information on this period is currently available.

She ultimately retired to Miami and it was the Miami Art League which received her painting estate upon her death.

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]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:08:42 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/louise_zaring Edward R. Sitzman http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/edward_r_sitzman Fine Estate Art Prolific Indiana artist who studied in Cincinnati under ... Prolific Indiana artist who studied in Cincinnati under Duveneck and most of his creative career was spent in Morgan County, Indiana, just north of Brown County.

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]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:35:37 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/edward_r_sitzman Theodore Clement (T.C.) Steele http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/theodore_clement_tc_steele Fine Estate Art The preeminent Indiana artist. Born in Waveland, Indiana, ... The preeminent Indiana artist. Born in Waveland, Indiana, Steele studied at Asbury College, and also briefly in Chicago and Cincinnati. He was a noted portraitist for a short period in Battle Creek, MI and then in Indianapolis in the 1870s.

He enrolled at the Royal Acadamy in Munich in 1878 thanks to the efforts of Herman Lieber and other patrons in Indianapolis. He returned to Indianapolis in 1885 and opened a studio.

Steele painted with J. Ottis Adams in Brookville, IN around the 1890 time frame. It was during this time that his unique impressionist style came to be. He lost his first wife and remarried and relocated to Brown County in 1907. The first major artist to take a permanent residence in the area. Worked regularly in the Nashville area until his death in 1926.

Toward the end of his life, Steele also maintained a studio at Indiana University’s Memorial Union in Bloomington. Several of his portraits are on display at the Indiana Memorial Union.

His home, The House of the Singing Winds located in Belmont, IN (just outside of Nashville), is now part of the Indiana State Parks system.

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]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:13 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/theodore_clement_tc_steele William McKendree Snyder http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/william_mckendree_snyder Fine Estate Art The story goes that William McKendree Snyder was a Union ... The story goes that William McKendree Snyder was a Union civil war veteran and Andersonville prison camp survivor,

Snyder is one of Indiana’s most prolific early artists. Known largely for his dense woodland scenes featuring the beech forests of southern Indiana and the surrounding region. Snyder often worked in a somewhat blue palette. He was also known to have done some portraiture.

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]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:57 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/william_mckendree_snyder Josephine Davis http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/josephine_davis Fine Estate Art Marion, IN artist Josephine Davis studied under Will Vawter ... Marion, IN artist Josephine Davis studied under Will Vawter and had a career split by domestic devotion.

She has several works which are part of various Indiana public collections.

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]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:55 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/josephine_davis Francis Clark Brown http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/francis_clark_brown Fine Estate Art Thu, 15 May 2008 18:51:42 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/francis_clark_brown Alma L. Steinmetz http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/alma_l_steinmetz Fine Estate Art Thu, 15 May 2008 18:41:23 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/alma_l_steinmetz Grant Wright Christian http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/grant_wright_christian Fine Estate Art Thu, 15 May 2008 18:32:42 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/grant_wright_christian Carey Cloud http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/carey_cloud Fine Estate Art Carey Cloud was an landscape painter, designer and ... Carey Cloud was an landscape painter, designer and illustrator who lived in Brown County from 1948 until his death in 1984. Self-taught, he became a commercial artist at a very young age. In later life he devoted himself the pursuit of art for its own sake. He was always something of an outsider among the Nashville, IN artists.

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C. Carey Cloud (1899-1984) was born just south of Warren, Indiana. He worked as a children’s book illustrator, greeting card designer, and art director in Chicago before becoming a Cracker Jack prize designer. He moved to the village of Nashville in Brown County, Indiana, and became a leisure painter in 1947. He became noted for his attention to detail with paintings of weathered wood and Indiana Farm scenes. He was a guiding force in the planning and development of the Brown County Art Gallery Association’s gallery building and was a three time President of the organization. He has exhibited works in many shows including the Hoosier Salon.

]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:46 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/carey_cloud C. Curry Bohm http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/c_curry_bohm Fine Estate Art Claude Curry Bohm was a noted landscape painter deeply ... Claude Curry Bohm was a noted landscape painter deeply associated with the Brown County artists colony.

Bohm was trained at the National Academy and the Chicago Art Institute.

He lived and painted in Nashville, IN from 1932 until his death in 1971. He is known for his loose, impressionistic style.

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]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:11 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/c_curry_bohm Georges La Chance http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/georges_la_chance Fine Estate Art Known to his friends as "Jack", La Chance specialized in ... Known to his friends as “Jack”, La Chance specialized in impressionist landscapes.

He moved to Nashville, IN in 1931 and was a charter member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association.

La Chance exhibited at the Hoosier Salon from 1926-1961.

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]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 20:24:14 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/georges_la_chance Nellie Augusta Knopf http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/nellie_augusta_knopf Fine Estate Art Born in Chicago, Nellie Knopf studied at the Chicago Art ... Born in Chicago, Nellie Knopf studied at the Chicago Art Institute.

From 1900, she taught and later ran the art department at the Illinois Female College (renamed MacMurray College in 1930) in Jacksonville, IL.

In the 1910s she spent summer summers painting with Chas. Woodbury in Ogunquit, ME. And from 1923 on, spent holidays and breaks traveling the Western United States, painting and sketching along the way.

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]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 07:56:08 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/nellie_augusta_knopf Louis Oscar (L.O.) Griffith http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/louis_oscar_lo_griffith Fine Estate Art Born in Greencastle, IN, L.O. Griffith lived in Nashville, ... Born in Greencastle, IN, L.O. Griffith lived in Nashville, IN the last thirty years of his life, after spending many years in Texas (childhood), St. Louis (art school) and Chicago (career).

Travelled extensively and has many works set in New Orleans, Texas and Mexico.

Note: Not to be confused with Lorenze Griffith (who signed as “L. Griffith” ) who also painted in and around Indiana in the early 20th century.

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]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 16:38:31 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/louis_oscar_lo_griffith Genevieve Goth Graf http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/genevieve_goth_graf Fine Estate Art Genevieve Goth Graf was the younger sister of famous Indiana ... Genevieve Goth Graf was the younger sister of famous Indiana artists Marie Goth and was also married to Carl Graf.

She was a teacher in Indianapolis until she retired in 1956 and then relocated to Brown County in that same year.

Her painting developed slowly over the years but she was in full swing when she passed away unexpectedly at her Nashville home on December 21, 1961.

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]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 10:43:40 -0700 http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/genevieve_goth_graf Michael Steele Churchman http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/michael_steele_churchman Fine Estate Art Michael Steele Churchman was born in Indianapolis and ... Michael Steele Churchman was born in Indianapolis and received a degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He took up art after retiring from a long career in engineering and construction and over 40 years of running his own business.

Churchman produced watercolor landscapes, often featuring barns set in his native Indiana. He also painted Florida landscapes, dock scenes and abstracts (the latter, typically in acrylic).

Steele Churchman was very much involved with volunteer work on behalf of the Indianapolis Art Center (nee Indianapolis Art League) for over thirty years.

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