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Artist
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Title | Thumbnail |
Notes old |
Media |
Signature status |
| Floyd D. Hopper |
Blue Hills |
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Lithograph on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Otto Stark |
Portrait Sketch of T.C. Steele |
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Ink on Paper |
Unsigned |
| William Forsyth |
December |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 2/7/15 along with the following gallery comments:
William Forsyth’s stature in the history of Indiana art is well established – member of the Hoosier group and longtime instructor of art at Herron Art Institute, he influenced hundreds of artists in the first part of the twentieth century. A recent biography of Forsyth by Rachel Perry came out last year further underscoring his importance in the legacy of Hoosier art. This week’s painting of the moment, December, features an Irvington home (located 5119 East Pleasant Run Parkway South Drive, Indy, IN 46219, to be exact) reflects Forsyth’s view from his home studio, looking north. It’s housed in a hand-carved frame (almost certainly the work of the artist himself) and original to the piece. Original, save for the fact that some wingnut spray painted the frame white! We’ll be addressing this spray paint indiscretion this week and will show you the piece fully presented in the conserved frame next week. An evocative and classic example of Forsyth’s work.
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- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Adolph Robert Shulz |
Brown County Early Autumn Landscape |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 2/24/15 along with the following gallery comments:
Adolph Shulz and his artist wife, Ada Shulz began making trips to Brown County around 1900, drawn to the scenic hills and diffuse, hazy light. They were among the first artists to exploit Brown County’s natural beauty in paintings. They permanently relocated to Nashville in 1917. Brown County Early Autumn Landscape features a distant house and fence row and is a very nice example of Shulz’ representation of his beloved Brown County. The painting has been cleaned and conserved and is housed in an older, likely-original frame.
- Curt Churchman, Fine Estate Art |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| Harry A. Davis |
Winter Woods |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 6/9/17 along with the following gallery comments:
Harry Allen Davis got his BFA from Herron, won the prestigious Prix de Rome, was a US Army camouflage artist and later, battlefield artist during WWII. And he returned to Herron where he taught for over forty years. His early works are somewhat modernist, figural pieces which appeared in the 1950s. He then had period of abstract landscapes such as the above. And ultimately, by the 1960s, his career was spent doing Seurat-ish architectural paintings. Lots and lots of large canvases concentrating on buildings and structures in Indianapolis and around Indiana. Today’s painting, Winter Woods (artist’s title) dates to 1958 and is from this abstract ‘middle period’ in Davis’ career. I love it as a document as much as a painting. It presents very nicely -- totally mid mod. |
Mixed Media on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Various Artists |
Palette & Chisel Club Oldenburg |
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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 |
