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| Various Artists |
Palette & Chisel Club Oldenburg |
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SOLD
This painting was featured in our weekly email on 4/9/15 along with the following gallery comments:
Seven members of Chicago’s Palette & Chisel Club (now known as the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts), apparently visiting Oldenburg, IN in 1910. To wit (from left to right):
John Phillips (painted by August Petrytl)
August Petrytl (painted by Harry Leon Engle)
Rudolph Ingerle (painted by L.O. Griffith)
Otto Hake (painted by John Phillips)
L.O. Griffith (painted by Victor Higgins)
Harry Leon Engle (painted by Rudolph Ingerle)
Victor Higgins (painted by Otto Hake)
This painting was a garage sale find, ten years ago and that whole story can be seen here. It’s provided two people on this earth their Andy Warhol-divined fifteen minutes of fame. The work about went through a major conservation having suffered neglect, abuse, water damage and god knows what other unspeakable acts. The original canvas was able to be preserved with strip-lining the sides and it is in fighting shape. The frame is a hand-leafed reproduction frame which we created from scratch in our studio.
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Above Artists |
| Leota Williams Loop |
Floral Still Life |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 4/30/15 along with the following gallery comments:
Leota Williams Loop was the darling of Kokomo, where she made her home while maintainting a cabin in Nashville -- the setting for many of her landscapes. But it was floral still lifes that were her passion and for which she is most known. These were typically large and showy -- making today’s painting interesting as it’s a rare, small size. Floral Still Life, as we’ve ingeniously titled it, features a mixed garden bouquet and a very representative offset composition filled with the drama she liked to pull from her arrangements. It’s been cleaned and conserved and is housed in the likely-original frame. A very versatile small size that fits almost anywhere. How about in your car? A sweet little piece from an Indiana artist who rejoiced in the celebration of all things floral.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art & Rugs |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Hallie Pace Prow |
Country Neighbors |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 5/8/15 along with the following gallery comments:
Hallie Pace Prow (pronounced ‘Proh’) was born in Salem, IN and moved to Bloomington in the late 19th century after marrying Fred Prow, a Bloomington dentist. She began painting later in life and among her mentors was an elderly T.C. Steele. Steele was Artist in Residence at Indiana University beginning in 1922 and that’s likely how they became acquainted. Steele’s influence is evident in pieces Prow produced though the 1920s and into the 1930s. My experience is these ‘earlier’ works were more completed and contained more ‘painterly’ touches. In pieces tied to the 1940s that effect seems to have been lost. Today’s painting, Country Neighbors, is a fun, seasonal example of Prow’s work. A thoughtful and nicely finished piece depicting a barren beech and a redbud in bloom in a clearing outside Bloomington – maybe this is where John Mellencamp would build his compound sixty years later? The painting has been cleaned and is in flawless condition with no in-painting. It came to us without a frame and we have paired it with a tooled, gold reproduction frame which complements it well. A happy example from one of Indiana’s early and revered women artists.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art & Rugs |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| John Cowan Templeton |
Summer Dunes |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| C. Curry Bohm |
Breaking Through |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| C. Curry Bohm |
Grey Greens of Spring |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| Al LaToor |
Rainy Day in Nashville, IND |
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Watercolor on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Floyd D. Hopper |
Fishing |
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Watercolor on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Kenneth Reeve |
Christmas Eve |
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Aquatint Etching on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Otto Stark |
House in the Woods |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 11/14/14 along with the following gallery comments:
Otto Stark was a member of the Hoosier Group and a teacher at both Manual Training High School and Herron in Indianapolis. His life was consumed with painting and so it’s interesting how little of his work hits the market. In fact, this is the first Stark oil we’ve ever offered. House in the Woods is a very pleasant example. Vibrant and impressionistic, the work speaks for itself. The signature, lower left, is strong and the painting has gone through conservation and is stable and in great shape. There is a small amount of in-painting (less than 3%). Housed in a c.1980s reproduction frame. A classic addition to any Hoosier art collection.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| Paul Turner Sargent |
Autumn Sky |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 11/7/14 along with the following gallery comments:
Paul Turner Sargent of Charleston, IL began painting in Brown County, IN around 1920. He was impressed by the strength of the colony's movement and was one of many artists who ‘adopted’ Brown County as a favorite painting spot. Sargent’s works often reflect straight-up nature with little to no indication of man’s influence. Here we have a gentle, colorful landscape created in 1930. The painting is not titled nor is the location noted -- Charleston or Brown County, take your pick. The painting was recently cleaned and conserved – it contains no in-painting and it’s housed in the original, hand-carved frame which is unrestored and very cute. A wonderful little ‘gem’ by an artist who fell under the spell of Brown County.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| Frank J. Girardin |
Richmond Landscape |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| Homer Gordon Davisson |
Northern Indiana Farm |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Right |
| Carl C. Graf |
Winter Stream |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Dale (Philip) Bessire |
Blossom Trail |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| Dale (Philip) Bessire |
Evening In Spring |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| Dwight F. Steininger |
Winter at Milltown Mill |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Right |
| Beulah Brown |
Let it Snow! |
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SOLD
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 12/5/14 along with the following gallery comments:
Beulah Brown attended Herron in the 1910’s, studying under William Forsyth and it was there she met her husband Francis F. Brown and the two were married while still students. The couple (now with their two young children) eventually moved to Muncie, IN where Francis chaired the art department at Ball State Teachers College (now Ball State University). Beulah saw to raising their children and painting when time allowed. Much of her output was focused on still lifes and abstract floral fabric patterns which she sold to textile houses in New York. Her landscape work was relatively limited until she hit upon the formula for these naïve snowy, winter scenes typically featuring figures. Here we present you with such piece Let it Snow! (our title). A very representative and light-hearted painting, reflecting the innocent spirit of winter holidays in the north. We have four of these Beulah Brown winter works and all will be available at our Yuletide Magic show, Thursday. Hope to see you next week!
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Mixed Media |
Signed Lower Right |
| George Herbert Baker |
Marine Pulling Boat |
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SOLD
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 12/20/14 along with the following gallery comments:
George Herbert Baker was born in Muncie, raised in Richmond and was largely self-taught. He was the original outside artist, avoiding juried competitions (e.g. the Hoosier Salon where he only participated in five Salons) and even pointedly refusing a one-man show at the Richmond Art Association. Baker was known primarily as a colorist. His most advanced works support that characterization with a remarkably brilliant yet selective application of hue. Here we have a wonderful New England one-off, Marine Pulling Boat. Not typical – he certainly did harbor scenes but this tableau piece is outside of his usual setting. See the beautiful colorist aspects – striking applications throughout the painting. The work was cleaned and the original frame restored and re-leafed. (See below on that topic). A unique and nicely executed example by this vastly talented Richmond artist who always went his own way.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| George Jo Mess |
Campfire Joy |
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SOLD
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 11/21/14 along with the following gallery comments:
By 1940, George Jo Mess had been in ill health as a result of cancer and an operation for the same, leaving him weak and recuperating. He and Evelynne returned from a three year stint in Chicago to their home in Indianapolis so George could be more comfortable and concentrate on what he loved most – making art. The thirties had been the decade of printmaking for Mess and by the 1940s, he began doing less etching and more painting. Campfire Joy, created in 1945 is a result of this re-focus. A wonderful work and very reflective of Mess’ unique approach, his look. And such an inspired title – makes me want to build a campfire! The painting has been cleaned and is in flawless shape. It’s housed in the original frame which shows some wear consistent with age. A nice painting by one of Broad Ripple’s own, George Jo Mess.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
