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Artist
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Title | Thumbnail |
Notes old |
Media |
Signature status |
| 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 |
| 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 |
