Indiana Art History

Art and Artists of Indiana, by Mary Quick Burnet. Published by Century, 1921. Original from the University of California. Digitized Oct 22, 2007. 448 pages. Google Books full view available.

Brown County Art Colony from Wikipedia

Early Brown County Artists from Illinois, by Joanne Nesbit, from Our Brown County magazine

Fine Estate Art is a dealer in vintage Indiana art. It's website contains biographies of numerous Indiana artists.

Hoosier Group from Wikipedia

Hoosier Salon has held exhibits since 1925. An Annual Exhibition is shown annually at the Indiana State Museum.

Hoosier School of Painters in Art and Progress from Google Books. Published by American Federation of Arts, 1911, Item notes: v. 2 (Nov. 1910-Oct. 1911), page 200. Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized Jun 17, 2008

Indiana artists collected by Kevin Daniel

The Indiana Dunes via "The Indiana Dunes Revealed: The Art of Frank V. Dudley" from Valparaiso University's Brauer Museum of Art

Muncie Art School from AskArt.com

New Harmony Arts Community from AskArt.com

Overbeck Pottery from Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery and Overbeck Sisters from Wikipedia

Past Indiana Artist Biographies from Indiana Art Online

Richmond Group (also known as the Richmond School) from Wikipedia

TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with this state. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not listed on this page.

Books:

Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists, by Judith Vale Newton. 390 pages. Publisher: Indiana Historical Society (October 2004). ISBN-10: 0871951770. ISBN-13: 978-0871951779. Product Description: "According to the ethos of the late 1800s and early 1900s, a woman's natural destiny was to be a wife, mother, and guardian of the virtues of hearth and home. Some women wanted more, however, and despite cultural expectations chose to explore their creativity and seek training in art. Often at considerable social cost these women exchanged washboards, ovens, and mending baskets for the challenges of a piece of canvas or block of stone. In Skirting the Issue, authors Judith Vale Newton and Carol Ann Weiss present dozens of women from Indiana who chose this route. The authors include a biographical dictionary detailing the lives of one hundred of the state's historical women artists, and they single out nearly forty of them for further examination in detailed essays. They describe the challenges the artists faced, the sacrifices they had to make, and the varying degrees of success they met, and they present numerous examples of the artists' work. While this first-of-a-kind book focuses on Indiana women specifically, its stories offer excellent insights into the culture and values of the greater Midwest-and the nation at large-in the decades before and after the turn of the twentieth century. Skirting the Issue includes more than two hundred images, including full-color reproductions of artworks and black-and-white photographs of the artists themselves." (text courtesy of Amazon.com)

The Herron Chronicle, By Harriet Garcia Warkel, Martin F. Krause, S. L. Berry, Herron School of Art. Published by Indiana University Press, 2003. ISBN 0253342376, 9780253342379. 283 pages. Google Books says: "The Herron Chronicle traces the history of the Herron School of Art at Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis, celebrating its centennial year in 2002-2003. Founded as a private school and fine arts collection in 1902, the Herron School today is a vital part of Indiana University, offering bachelor's and master's degrees in fine arts, visual communication, art education, and art history. In 1967, Herron's museum component became the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Three essays covering important events in the school's history are accompanied by 70 color reproductions of works of art and 60 black-and-white historical photos. The Herron Chronicle provides an engaging account of the development of the arts community in Indianapolis during the 20th century. Traces the institutional history of fine arts in Indianapolis from the founding of the Herron School of Art in 1902 to the present."

Who Put that There?: Outdoor Sculptures of Fort Wayne, By Saint Jude Catholic School (Fort Wayne, St. Jude Catholic School (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Published by Saint Jude Catholic School, 1998. 86 pages. Google Books says: "A school research project funded by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the Indiana Humanities Council, and the National Endowment fro Humanities. Research completed by Grades K-8."

A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals, by John C. Carlisle (Author), Darryl Jones (Photographer). 110 pages. Indiana University Press (November 1995). ISBN-10: 087195110X. ISBN-13: 978-0871951106. Product Description: "In the 1930s the Public Works of Art Project of the Treasury Department started a program "to secure suitable art of the best quality for the embellishment of public buildings." Post offices built under the New Deal were among the beneficiaries of this program. In Indiana, thirty-six of the thirty-seven original murals still exist. The color photography by Darryl Jones, a noted Indianapolis photographer, brings the murals to life." (text courtesy of Amazon.com)

The Artists of Brown County by Lyn Letsinger-Miller. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994.

Those Brown County Artists: The Ones Who Came the Ones Who Stayed the Ones Who Moved On, by M. Joanne Nesbit, ed., Barbara Judd, comp. Nashville: Nana's Book, 1993.

A Grand Tradition: The Hoosier Salon Art & Artists, 1925-1990, By Judith Vale Newton, Carol Weiss, Carol Ann Weiss, Hoosier Salon Patrons Association. Contributor Corbin Patrick. Published by Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, 1993. ISBN 0963836005, 9780963836007. 500 pages

The Passage (Return of Indiana Painters from Germany, 1880-1905), by Indianapolis Museum of Art. Publisher: Indianapolis Museum of Art (1990). ISBN-10: 0936260548. ISBN-13: 978-0936260549. See The Departure by Martin Krause (the Hoosier artists)

Hoosier Group: Five American Painters, By Marjorie V. Wilson, Newton, Judith Vale Newton, Jane Eckert, Henry Eckert, William H Gerdts. Published by Eckert Pubns, 1985. ISBN 0961499206, 9780961499204. 168 pages

The Best Years: Indiana Paintings of the Hoosier Group, 1880-1915 - Theodore C. Steele, John Ottis Adams, William Forsyth, Otto Stark, Richard Gruelle : October 11, 1985-March 16, 1986, Indiana State Museum, By J. Ronald Newlin, William Forsyth, Indiana State Museum, Indiana State Museum. Published by The Museum, 1985 22 pages

Realities and Impressions: Indiana Artists in Munich 1880-1890 - Indianapolis Museum of Art September 12-December 29, 1985, By Martin F. Krause, Mary Elizabeth Steele, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Published by Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1985. 48 pages

Side by Side with Coarser Plants: The Muncie Art Movement, 1885-1985, By Ned H. Griner. Published by Ball State University, 1985. 164 pages

Indiana Influence The Golden Age of Indiana Landscape Painting, Indiana's Modern Legacy an Inaugural Exhibition of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 8 April-24 June 1984 by Peter Frank, William H. Gerdts, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Independent Curators Incorporated (1984)

Exhibition of the Irvington Group of Artists, 1928-1937: Hilton U. Brown Library, November 9, 10, 11, 1984, By Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Irvington Historical Society. Published by Irvington Historical Society, 1984. 38 pages

Art Smart, Indiana: A resource guide to Indiana arts, featuring the historical and contemporary works of Indiana artists from 1800 to the present: slides and resource guide, by Susan O Chavers. Greater Lafayette Museum of Art (1984).

A Century of Indiana Art 1800-1900, by Eckert Jane & Henry Antiques. Eckert Jane & Henry Antiques (1982).

Pioneer Hoosier Painting: November 12, 1982-January 2, 1983 : a Century of Painting in Indiana, By Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Published by Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 1982. 21 pages

Hoosier Artists, Family & Friends: [an Exhibition] Selected from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wise, Union City, Indiana, By Richard Wise, Indiana Art Circuit. Published by Indiana Art Circuit, 1980

Impressionistic Trends in Hoosier Painting: Catalogue and Exhibition, By Art Center (South Bend, Ind.), Judy Oberhausen. Published by Art Center, 1979, 60 pages. Google Books says: "Exhibition schedule: Art Center, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, November 10, 1979 to December 30, 1979."

Art in Richmond, 1898-1978, By Art Association of Richmond (Richmond, IN). Published by Art Association of Richmond, 1978

Mirages of Memory: 200 Years of Indiana Art : an Exhibition ... Indianapolis Museum of Art, November 6, 1976-January 2, 1977, Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, January 16-March 20, 1977, By Indianapolis Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery. Published by Indianapolis Museum of Art., 1977. Orriginal from the University of Michigan. Digitized Nov 8, 2007. 20 pages

Drawings by the Hoosier Group: [exhibition] Art Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., December 5, 1976 Through January 31, 1977, By Ball State University, Art Gallery. Published by The University, 1976. 19 pages. Google Books says: "An exhibition made possible in part through a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts."

Brown County Art and Artists, By Nashville Psi Iota Xi, Ind, Inc Brown County Art Guild, Brown County Art Gallery Association. Published by Psi Iota Xi Sorority, 1971. Google Books says: "The Brown County Art Gallery Association, Inc. and the Brown County Art Guild, Inc. joined with the Brown County chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority to make this book possible."

Northwest Coast Indiana Art an Analysis of Form, by Bill Holm. 115 pages. University of Washigton Press; 2nd edition (1970).

The First Hundred Years of Indiana Painting: Indiana Sesquicentennial Celebration, By John Herron Art Institute, John Herron Art Institute. Published by Art Association of Indianapolis, 1966. 43 pages. Google Books says: "Catalog of an exhibition, October 4-November 13, 1966, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis."

Pioneer Painters of Indiana, By Wilbur David Peat. Published by Art Association of Indianapolis, Indiana, 1954. 254 pages

Indiana Art in the Permanent Collection of the John Herron Art Museum, by Indiana The Art Association of Indianapolis 1951

Art Guide to Indiana: From an Art Survey by the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs, Containing Directory of Indiana Artists and Indiana Collectors, By Indiana Federation of Art Clubs, Mary Quick Burnet, Avis Tarrant Burke. 1931, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Digitized Sep 20, 2007. 184 pages. Google Books says: "Compiled, organized, and prepared by Mrs. H. B. Burnet ... and Mrs. Robert E. Burke."

Art and Artists of Indiana, By Mary Quick Burnet. Published by Century, 1921. Original from the University of California. Digitized Oct 22, 2007. 448 pages. Google Books says: "Who's who in art; Indiana painters, sculptors, and illustrators." Google Books offers a Full View of this book.

Five Hoosier Painters: Being a Discussion of the Holiday Exhibit of the Indianapolis Group in Chicago, By Charles Francis Brown, Hamlin Garland, Lorado Taft, Central Art Association (Chicago, Critical triumvirate. Published by Central Art Association, 1894. Google Books says: "Dialogue discussion among novelist (Hamlin Garland), conservative painter (Charles Francis Browne) and sculptor (Lorado Taft). Cf. their Impressions of impressionism, 1894"

Articles:

Rachel Perry: American Art Review "The Artists of Brown County: An American Art Colony" December 94 -January 95

Rachel Perry: "Indiana Women Artists: Then and Now" American Art Review January-February 2005 (Volume XVII, Number 1)

Dean A. Porter: "25th Anniversary of the Snite Museum of Art" American Art Review November-December 2005 (Volume XVII, Number 6)

Harriet G. Warkel: "Indiana Paintings from the Lilly Endowment Collection" American Art Review January-February 2003 (Volume XV, Number 1)

Harriet G. Warkel: "American Paintings at the Indianapolis Museum of Art" American Art Review May-June 2005 (Volume XVII, Number 3)

Harriet G. Warkel: "The Herron School of Art Centennial" American Art Review November-December 2002 (Volume XIV, Number 6)

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