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Irvington Group
The Irvington Group was a group of artists residing in Irvington, a suburb on the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, during the 1920s and 1930s. This group of artists included some of the most well-known Hoosier artists, such as William Forsyth and Clifton Wheeler. Fifteen other professional resident artists belonged to the Irvington group, including Simon Baus, Paul Baus, Carolyn Bradley, Alice Cook, Robert Craig, Constance Forsyth, Martha Lee Frost, Helene Hibben, William Kaeser, Dorothy Morlan, Frederick Polley, Robert Selby, Hilah Wheeler, and Charles Yeager. From 1928 to 1935, the Irvington Group held an annual exhibition featuring local art. "Eight of these ten exhibitions were held at Carr’s Hall. The first and ninth of the ten exhibitions were held on Carr’s first-floor auto showroom and in five of the contributing artists' homes/studios, respectively." See also *Hoosier Group *Richmond Group The Richmond Group also known as the Richmond School, is a group of Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvington Historic District (Indianapolis, Indiana)
The neighborhood of Irvington, named after Washington Irving, includes Irvington Historic District, a historic district in Indianapolis, Indiana. The historic district is a area that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. That year, the district included 2,373 contributing buildings, 5 other contributing structures, and 2 contributing sites. ''Note:'' This includes Site map and Accompanying photographs Historic Irvington Founded in 1870 by Sylvester Johnson and Jacob Julian, Irvington was originally created as a suburban town of Indianapolis. It formed along winding roads of dirt and brick that reflected landscape design in the Romantic era. The town was built as a quiet suburb where artists, politicians, military generals, academics, and heads of local industry resided. In 1902, Irvington was annexed by Indianapolis. Irvington is located five miles (8 km) east of downtown Indianapolis on the western edge of Warren Township. The neighborhood is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion County was 977,203 in 2020. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-autonomous municipalities in Marion County, was 887,642. It is the 15th most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, Austin, Texas, and Columbus. The Indianapolis metropolitan area is the 33rd most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with 2,111,040 residents. Its combined statistical area ranks 28th, with a population of 2,431,361. Indianapolis covers , making it the 18th largest city by land area in the U.S. Indigenous peoples inhabited the area dating to as early as 10,000 BC. In 1818, the Lenape relinquishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsyth (artist)
William J. Forsyth (1854–March 29, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter who was part of the "Hoosier Group" of Indiana artists. Forsyth was the first student of the Indiana School of Art in Indianapolis and entered the Munich Academy along with T. C. Steele and J. Ottis Adams in 1882. He later returned to Indiana in 1888 and was instrumental in founding the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, serving as an instructor there until 1933. He died March 29, 1935, and was subsequently buried in Section 39, Lot 298 Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. Driving east from the SW corner of Section 39,a pink granite monument has been erected to honor the memory of Forsyth (several rows back), together with a bronze bas-relief portrait of the artist (attached thereto). Forsyth is one of the five members of Indiana's most important group of artists, the Hoosier Group. His work is in many important private collections and several museums including the Haan Mansion Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Wheeler
Clifton Wheeler (1883–1953) was an American Impressionist artist from Hadley, Indiana. Wheeler was known for having been a participant in the City Hospital mural project, and having been a member of the Hoosier Group and the Irvington Group. Wheeler was a private pupil of William Forsyth, and was also known for having contributed to Indianapolis’ public art scene multiple times throughout his career as an artist. Early life Wheeler was born in Hadley, Indiana, but moved to Mooresville, Indiana at a young age. As a boy, Wheeler was a private pupil of William Forsyth, and they frequently went on sketching trips to the countryside together. Career Wheeler began his art career when he began taking private lessons with William Forsyth. Forsyth was known to have taken the young Wheeler on sketching trips in the countryside of Indiana. Wheeler began studying at the New York School of Art in 1902, and studied with a few other successful American artists including William Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Baus
Simon Baus (1882–1969) was an American Impressionist from Indianapolis. Baus participated in the Indianapolis City Hospital project. Baus was also a member of the Irvington Group. Career Simon Baus began his career as an artist at the John Herron Art Institute. Baus studied under William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, and Otto Stark. Baus began studying with Stark as a high school student at the Emmerich Manual Training High School. Baus became involved with the Indianapolis City Hospital project, and was a full-time artist on the project. Although Baus is best known for his portraiture, he was a significant contributor to the City Hospital project. Baus was a member of the Irvington Group, and won numerous awards during his career. In regards to portraiture, Baus is best known for his portraits of Senator James Eli Watson, Ferdinand Schaeffer, Dr. F.S.C. Wicks, and Emmett Forrest Branch Emmett Forest Branch (May 16, 1874 – February 23, 1932) was an American banker, politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Forsyth
Constance Forsyth (1903–1987) was an American artist, teacher, and printmaker. Her work is in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Blanton Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Early life and education Forsyth was born on August 18, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was the middle child born to her parents, the artist William Forsyth and Alice (Atkinson) Forsyth. After graduating from Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in chemistry in 1925, Forsyth began formal painting instruction at the John Herron Art Institute, where she studied with Helene Hibben. She subsequently studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she was introduced to grease crayons as a drawing material, and the Broadmoor Art Academy where she studied under Boardman Robinson and John Ward Lockwood. Career Forsyth first worked as an instructor at the John Herron Art Institute, Western College for Women, and the University of Texas at El Paso. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Hibben
Helene Hibben (1882–1969) was an American artist from Indianapolis. Hibben was a sculptor and is a confirmed participant in the Indianapolis City Hospital Project. She created a large bronze statue for the creation of the Burdsal Units. It can still be seen on the campus of Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital. She spent a large portion of her life in childcare, caring for children during World War II and teaching at her own school. Biography Hibben was born on November 18, 1882, to Thomas E. Hibben and Jane Merrill Ketcham Hibben. She grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received training at the Pratt Institute in New York City as a child. She attended the Benjamin Harris School and Shortridge High School. Helene Hibben was a student under William Forsyth, and later studied at the Chicago Art Institute under Lorado Taft and the Art Students League of New York, where she studied under James Earle Fraser. Helene Hibben died in 1968 at age 86 in a nursing home. She was buried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Morlan
Dorothy Morlan (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1967) was an American Impressionist artist from Salem, Ohio. Biography Dorothy Morlan's father was an amateur painter, and taught Morlan how to paint at an early age. Morlan moved to Irvington, a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana at a young age, and that is where the majority of her career as an artist took place. Morlan studied at the Herron School of Art and Design and was a known participant in the Indianapolis City Hospital Project. Career Dorothy Morlan began her career as a student at the John Herron Art Institute, where she began studying composition in 1905. She studied under J. Ottis Adams, and William Forsyth, and began to study landscape painting while at Herron. After studying at Herron, Morlan studied at the Robert Henri School of Art in New York and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, under Daniel Garber. Shortly after her return to Indianapolis, she began the Indianapolis City Hospital Project under the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoosier Group
The Hoosier Group was a group of Indiana Impressionist painters working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Artists considered members of the Group include T. C. Steele, Richard Gruelle, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, and Otto Stark. Together they are primarily known for their renditions of the Indiana landscape. Although the members of the group had disparate backgrounds and training, the Group gained its cohesion from the determination of the five to attend art school in Munich in the late 1880s. Following their return to Indiana, the group dominated the Indiana art scene through the 1920s. Forsyth, Steele, and Adams taught art at academies in the state and helped spread the group's ethos. Hoosier Group artists all exhibited regularly in the state for several decades thereafter and were instrumental in forming the Society of Western Artists. Following the appearance of Modernism at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City and later Chicago, the Hoosier Group's visibilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Group
The Richmond Group also known as the Richmond School, is a group of American Impressionist painters who worked in the Richmond, Indiana, area from the late 19th Century through the mid-20th Century. While the Richmond Group had no formal organization, many of the artists were affiliated with, and exhibited at, the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana, now known as the Richmond Art Museum. Though not definitive, the following is a list of artists considered a part of the Richmond Group: * George Herbert Baker *John Elwood Bundy *Francis Focer Brown * Charles H. Clawson *Albert Clinton Conner * Charles Conner * Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer * W. A. Eyden Sr. * William A. Eyden Jr. * Edgar Forkner * Frank J. Girardin * Albert W. Gregg * William A. Holly * Lawrence McConaha * Ellwood Morris * Alden Mote * Anna M. Newman * Micajah Thomas Nordyke * Fred Pearce Jr. * Fred Pearce Sr. * John Albert Seaford See also *Hoosier Group *Irvington Group *Richmond Art Museum The Richmond Art Museum was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvington Group Landscape Painters
Irvington may refer to: Places ; United States (cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated communities): * Irvington, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama * Irvington, Illinois, a village in Washington County, Illinois * Irvington Township, Washington County, Illinois, a township in Washington County, Illinois * Irvington, Iowa * Irvington, Kentucky, a city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky * Irvington, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska * Irvington, New Jersey, a township in Essex County, New Jersey * Irvington, New York, a village in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York * Irvington, Virginia, a town in Lancaster County, Virginia * Irvington, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the Town of Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin ; United States (neighborhoods or districts): * Irvington, Baltimore, neighborhood in the Southwest District of Baltimore, Maryland * Irvington, Fremont, California, a historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Artist Groups And Collectives
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