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Genevieve Goth Graf

Birth: 8-12-1890, Indianapolis, In. 
Death: 12-21-1961, Franklin In.
Married: Carl Graf
Known For: Floral Still Life

Associations: Chicago Artist Club, Brown County Art Gallery, Hoosier Salon, Charter member of the Brown County Art Guild

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Facts

Studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis Indiana, Cincinnati Academy of Art
Bought what was called the “most crooked” house in Brown County for her and sister Marie as a summer home
After V. J Cariani moved to Nashville, he would meet them on Friday evenings, helping with luggage and treating them to Apple pies
She met Carl Graf and took art lessons from him

Sources: 
1. M. Joanne Nesbit and Barbara Judd - Those Brown County Artists - "The Ones Who Came, the Ones Who Stayed, The Ones Who Moved On 1900 - 1950" - Nanna's Books 1993
2. Lyn Letsinger-Miller - The Artists of Brown County - Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 1994 

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