Wayman E. Adams
| male | 1883-1959 |
| Era: 20th Century |
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| Life city: Indianapolis, |
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| Teachers: J. Herron Chase Forsyth Henri |
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| Styles: Landscapes Paintings Portraits |
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Wayman Adams was born of modest means near Muncie, IN. He attended John Herron Art Institute. Studied under William Merrit Chase and Robert Henri in Europe.
Known for a range of portrait-focused work:
Impressionistic native-people portraits and commissioned work of U.S. Presidents, authors, celebrities, society-types, etc.
Was renowned for executing portraits extremely quickly—usually in one sitting.
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Wayman Adams (1883-1959) is one of Indiana’s best known portrait painters of the twentieth century. He was born on a small stock raising farm in the city of Muncie in Delaware County, Indiana. Influenced by his father, he began painting animals and doing portraits of people in his hometown, gaining recognition. He left home at twenty to study at the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis where he studied under Stark, Forsyth, and Adams while supplementing his income by working at a restaurant and painting portraits on the side. He went on to study in Spain and Florence where he met his wife Margaret Graham Boroughs and had son Wayman Jr. He became one of the most talented portrait artists of the time, capturing the likenesses of several Indiana Governors, debutants, and even Presidents. He spent his last years in his wife’s hometown of Austin, Texas.
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