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Fredrick Nelson Vance

Artist:  Fredrick Nelson Vance Birth: 1880 Birth City:  Crawfordsville, IN Birth County:  Montgomery Death: 9-21-1926 Death City:1880 Burial: Married:  Children: Artist Summary Subject Matter: Media:  Oil Painting Art Associations: League of American Artists in London, Indiana Artist Club, Allied Artists of America in Paris, and the Alliance Francaise in Indianapolis. A charter member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association. Art Awards : Art Exhibitions:  HoosierSalon, Art Institute of Chicago Biography of Fredrick Nelson Vance Son of George Vance, a mural decorator. Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Julian Colorossi and Vitti Academies in Paris, Smith Academy in Chicago. Served in France and Italy during World War I. In 1912 was in charge of the art school in Terre Haute, Indiana. He built his home in Brown County in 1925 with a 22 X 30 studio. At the opening of the Brown County Art Gallery in October 1926, the fi...