The Brown County Art Colony is an artist colony formed in

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and Brown County, Indiana. Adolph Shulz is considered to be the founder of the colony, encouraging many Indiana and regional artists to come to Brown County to paint. Though artists such as

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had been coming to Brown County as early as 1870, the colony is considered to have been firmly established in 1907 when the noted painter

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moved there. The dean of Indiana painters, Steele built a home and studio on a large plot of land west of Nashville near

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and made it his permanent home. Its proximity to

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in Bloomington allowed Steele to accept a position as

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there in 1922. An art association was incorporated in 1926 with

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as the first president. In 1954, the association split into two organizations: The Brown County Art Gallery and Museum and The Brown County Art Guild. Both organizations continue to maintain galleries in Nashville in which art created by the early artists is displayed along with the art of contemporary members which is for sale. Some of the noted Brown County artists include: * Adam Emory Albright * Patty Bartels *

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* Olive Beem * Dale Bessire * C. Curry Bohm * Anthony Buchta * V. J. Cariani * Dale Cassiday * C. Carey Cloud *

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* Alexis J. Fournier *

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* Louis Oscar Griffith *

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* Adolph Shulz *

* Will Vawter * Frederick W. Rigley * William Zimmerman

Notes

References

* Burnet, Mary Q. ''Art and Artists of Indiana''. New York; The Century Co., 1921. * Simon, Rita ''Artists of Southern Indiana'' 1986 * Judd, Barbara and M. Joanne Nesbit ''Those Brown County Artists'' 1993 *

External links

Brown County Art Gallery

American artist groups and collectives Landscape art by school Indiana culture Tourist attractions in Brown County, Indiana

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