Gallery

Artist Title Thumbnail Notes old Media Signature status
Evelynne B. Mess Rooster Rooster woodblock print Signed lower right
Evelynne B. Mess Old Montmastre Old Montmastre Aquatint Etching Signed lower right
Frederick Polley The Basket Weaver The Basket Weaver Etching Signed lower right
Kenneth Reeve Sorghum Time in Brown County Sorghum Time in Brown County Etching Signed lower right
Martha Hinkle Mosier Martinsville Landscape Martinsville Landscape (1961) 1961 Brown County Art Gallery hang tag, verso. Oil on Board Signed lower left
William Forsyth Sun Magic Sun Magic Shown in the 1926 Herron Annual Artists Exhibit (original tag, verso). This painting was featured in our weekly email on 7/31/13 along with the following gallery comments: This week’s painting of the moment (Sun Magic by William Forsyth) is a work with so much to recommend it and it’s deserving of a loving home. Forsyth was a member of the Hoosier Group and is one of Indiana’s best collected and most beloved historic artists. Sun Magic was shown in the 1926 Herron Annual Artists Exhibit; the original entry tag is affixed verso. The piece is housed in its original, art nouveau frame that was recently restored and re-gilded in 23K gold leaf. The painting is in flawless condition. It’s been through conservation and has no issues – paint is stable, no cracking or crazing and the signature is strong. This painting is representative of the more abstract impressionist work Forsyth was experimenting with in the 1920s. Sun Magic will be featured in Rachel Perry’s upcoming book on the artist: William J. Forsyth: The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist, published by IU Press and due out in February, 2014. -Curt Churchman, Oil on Board Signed lower right
Carl Rudolph Krafft Winter Time Fun Winter Time Fun Oil on Board Signed lower right
Carl Rudolph Krafft The Village End The Village End Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Emma Eyles Sangernebo Hollyhock Hollyhock (1938) Exhibit tag (verso) reads: Resident Indiana Artist Exhibit State Federation of Women's Clubs October 29th to November 12th, 1938 Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Anthony Buchta Autumn Splendor Autumn Splendor Oil on Board Signed lower right
Arnold Turtle New England Harbor New England Harbor Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Georges LaChance Gloucester Harbor Gloucester Harbor Oil on Board Signed lower left
Elmira Kempton Richmond Garden Richmond Garden Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Al LaToor The Hayride The Hayride (1957) Watercolor on Paper Signed lower left
(James) Edgar Forkner Floral Still Life Floral Still Life Watercolor on Paper Signed lower right
Dwight F. Steininger Apple Blossom Time Apple Blossom Time (1972) SOLD --- This Steininger painting was featured in our weekly email on 5/18/14 along with the following gallery comments: Dwight Steininger was essentially a ‘fourth generation’ Brown County artist -- active from the 1960s through the 1980s. He was painting impressionistic landscapes while the rest of the world was obsessed with abstract art and the various tangents of that movement. He’s not as well collected as the ‘old school’ of artists and frankly, we don’t deal in him much. But I thought this piece was so cute and charmingly naïve that it insinuated itself into the collection. Apple Blossom Time – what more do you need? Thank goodness Spring is here! – Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Frederick Polley Gloucester Gloucester Oil on Canvas Signed lower left
Dorothy M. Frantz Brown County Cabin Brown County Cabin Oil on Canvas Signed lower right
Francis Focer Brown Floral Still Life Floral Still Life Oil on Board Signed lower right
Francis Focer Brown Floral Still Life Floral Still Life Oil on Board Signed lower left

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