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Artist
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Title | Thumbnail |
Notes old |
Media |
Signature status |
| 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 |
| Evalyn Gertrude James |
Roses |
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Recently cleaned; recent frame. |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Hilah Drake Wheeler |
Floral Still Life |
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Watercolor on Paper |
Signed Lower Left |
| Alyce June Burkholder |
Floral Still Life |
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1953 Hoosier Salon |
Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| Orrin Draver |
Autumn Landscape |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Left |
| John (Jan) Zwara |
Broad Ripple Park |
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This painting sold in our October 4, 2020 auction, “Annual Fall Sale of Historic Indiana Art”. |
Gouache on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| William Forsyth |
Summer Landscape with Figures |
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This work was featured in our 2nd Annual Curated Sale of Historic Indiana Art, April 8th, 2018 at the Indianapolis Art Center. |
Watercolor on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Louis Oscar (L.O.) Griffith |
The Happy Time |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Right |
| Varaldo Guiseppe (V.J.) Cariani |
Still Life with Chrysanthemums |
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Oil on Canvas |
Signed Lower Right |
| Richard Buckner (R.B.) Gruelle |
Winter Sunset |
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SOLD
This painting was featured in our weekly email on 10/17/14 along with the following gallery comments:
Richard Brucker (R. B.) Gruelle was one of the Hoosier Group artists. The others being T.C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark and William Forsyth. The moniker was coined based on their inclusion in the Indiana Pavilion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, representing the State in paintings. He and his family were in Indianapolis until moving to the East Coast around 1905. One of Gruelle’s boys, Johnny, went on to create, write and illustrate Raggedy Ann. Much of Gruelle’s output was gouache (watercolor with white applied) and here we have a nice example of that medium. Winter Sunset (our title) features a snowy road drawing one back to the beautiful glow of the setting sun. A very nice example with a somewhat rare winter setting from one of Indiana’s most important painters.
-Curt Churchman |
Watercolor on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Frederick Polley |
Soldiers and Sailors Monument |
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Etching on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Floyd D. Hopper |
Indiana Village |
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Lithograph on Paper |
Signed Lower Right |
| Von Williamson |
Grown Over and Blown Down |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Left |
| Von Williamson |
Red Sky at Night |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
| Von Williamson |
Winterly Winds |
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Oil on Board |
Signed Verso |
| Varaldo Guiseppe (V.J.) Cariani |
Overlooking Clay Lick Valley |
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This painting was featured in our weekly email on 8/22/14 along with the following gallery comments:
Varaldo J. Cariani (‘V.J.’ per his signature and ‘Cari’ to everyone who knew him) attended the Art Students League in New York as was lured to Indianapolis by his lifetime partner, Marie Goth upon her return to Indiana from New York. V. J. and Marie settled in separate cottages in Nashville, IN where he remained the rest of his life. He is beloved for his large, tight floral still lifes which featured flowers from his extensive garden. He split time with his subject matter, painting many landscapes featuring locales throughout his beloved Brown County. On offer today is Overlooking Clay Lick Valley – a very nice example of his work and housed in the original, artist-created, hand-carved frame. Could it be any more adorable…? The frame has been restored and the painting has been cleaned and revarnished. A gem of a piece from this desirable Hoosier artist transplant.
-Curt Churchman |
Oil on Board |
Signed Lower Right |
