Michael Burns Art

Every morning, I take off my hat to the beauty of the world. These words must have had special meaning to T. C. Steele because he had them carved in his fireplace mantle by Gustave Baumann. Arguably, the most famous Indiana painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, T.C. Steele noticed the beauty of Brown County in 1906 when scouting for new painting locations. He was amazed at the unlimited supply of subjects and grand vistas the area had to offer. So much so, he purchased the property and built a home there in 1906. The T. C. Steele State Historic site is located 4220 T. C. Steele Road, about 10 miles west of Nashville, Indiana off of state road 45 T. C. Steele Visitor Center The T. C. Steele historic site has gone through a significant transformation over the last five years. Such as the addition of a 2.2 million 4600 square-foot visitors center in 2019, garden restoration, and other updates. The visitors center provides enough space to educate visitors about the life of...

Artist:  C. Carey Cloud Birth: 1899 Birth City:  Whistleville, IN. Birth County:  Grant Death: November 11th, 1984 Death City:  Tuscon Arizona Burial: Brown County Memorial Park, Nashville, IN. Married:  Vera L. Nickerson Children:  Mary Margaret (1918-1992), Don (1926), Harold C (1921-1960) 2nd Marriage:  Bobbie Hill Artist Summary Formal Training: Self Taught Subject Matter: Landscapes Media: Oil, Acrylic, Casein Art Association:  Brown County Art Association, Palette and Chisel Club of Chicago, Chicago Art Guild, American Artist Professional League of New York, American Artist League of Tampa, FL Art Awards: Art Exhibitions: Biography of C. Carey Cloud Carey Cloud was a self-taught artist When he was young, he worked at a shoe company in Marion, IN for 10 dollars a week making shoes for the soldiers. He saved enough money to take correspondence courses in Cartooning and Illustration. At 19 started his art career at ...

Artist:  Glen Cooper Henshaw Birth:  August 8th, 1880 Birth City:  Windfall, Indiana Birth County:  Tipton Death:  April 4th, 1946 Death City:  Baltimore, MD. Burial: Elwood Cemetery Elwood, Indiana Married: Olive M. Galencia on August 24th, 1905 Children: None 2nd Marriage:   Carolyn Hastings on December 31st, 1933 2nd Marriage Children:  None Artist Summary:  Formal Training:  John Herron School of Art, Munich Germany, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Subject Matter:   Portraits, Cityscapes, Landscapes, Seascapes, Portraits, Media:  Oils, Pastels, Graphite, Gouache Art Associations:  Society of Independent Artists Art Awards: Art Exhibitions: Hoosier Salon, Society of Independent Artists Glen Cooper Henshaw Biography of Glen Cooper Henshaw Glen changed the spelling of his last name from Hinshaw to Henshaw around 1911 or 1912. Glen's mother died when he was an infant, so he and his sister w...

Artist : Otto Stark Birth:  January 29th, 1859 Birth City:   Indianapolis, In. Birth County:  Marion Death:   1926 Death City: Indianapolis, In. Burial:  Crown Hill Cemetary, Indianapolis, In. Married : Marie Nitschelm 1886 Children:  three Artist Summary Formal Training: School of Design University Cinncinatti Oiho, Art Student League New York, Academie Julian Paris Subject Matter:  Landscapes, Portraits, Flowers, Illustrations, Figure, Media:  Oil, Watercolor, Graphite,  Pen, and Ink, Art Associations:  Hoosier Salon, Society of Western Artists, Brooklyn Art Association Art Awards: Foulke prize 1907, Hoosier Salon 1925, 1926 Art Exhibitions: Biography of Otto Stark The Early Years 1859 to 1888 Otto Stark  Courtesy of the Indianapolis  Museum of Art at Newfields .   Otto Stark was Born in Indianapolis, Indiana and came from a family of woodworkers. He set out to follow in his father...

Artist : Barton S. Hays Birth:  April 5, 1826 Birth City:  Greenville, Ohio Birth County: Darke Death:  March 14, 1914 Death City:  Minneapolis, Minnesota Burial: Unknown Married : Amy Woodsman Children:  Lydia Rankin and one other child name unknown 2nd Mariage:  Ellen Houser 2nd Marriage Children:  Samantha and one other child name unknown Artist Summary Formal Training:  Self-Taught Subject Matter: Media:  Oil Art Associations: Art Awards: Art Exhibition: Biography of Barton S. Hays Barton S. Hays Still Life Barton S. Hays traveled to Indiana in the mid-1800s and settled in northern Indiana. He lived in Wingate, Covington, and Attica Indiana. He was also an abolitionist, and since panoramas were becoming popular for the time, Barton painted a panorama depicting the scenes from Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin. With excellent reviews from the public, Harriet encouraged Barton to paint an...

Artist: Jacob Cox Birth: November 9, 1810 Birth City: Philadelphia, Pa Birth County:  Philadelphia Death: 1892 Death City:  Indianapolis, In. Burial:  Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis Married: Nancy Baird Children: Margaret Jane Cox Artist Summary Formal Training:  Self-Taught Subject Matter:  Landscapes, Portraits, Still Life's, Panorama's Media:  Oil, Etching Art Associations:  None Art Awards:  Unknown Art Exhibitions:  Cincinnati and Indianapolis, Western Art Union Biography of Jacob Cox Jacob Cox early years "Pogue's Run" by Jacob Cox 1871 Jacob Cox was born in Philadelphia, but tragically both of his parents drowned when Jacob was a young boy.  His mother was drowned when he was eight years old in a ferry-boat accident on the Delaware River. His father met a similar fate two years later when the boat he was on sunk in the mobile bay. After his father's death, the children went to live with an au...

Artist:  William J. Forsyth Birth:   October 15th,1854 Birth City:  California, Ohio Birth County:  Hamilton Death:   March 29th, 1935 Death City:  Irvington, IN. Burial:  Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN. Married;  Alice Atkinson in 1897 Children:  Constance (1903-1987), Dorothy (1899), Evelyn (1906) Artist Summary Formal Training:   Barton S. Hays , Munich Academy of Fine Art, Royal Academy Subject Matter:  still life, landscapes, portraits, mural painting Media:  Oil, Gouache, Ink, Watercolor, graphite, etchings, plaster sculptures, carved wood frames, furniture Art Associations:  Society of Western Artists (1896-1914), American Water Color Society, Painters in Watercolor, Boston Art Club, Hoosier Salon Art Awards:  Bronze medal 1885 student exhibition at the Royal Academy Art Exhibitions:  Hoosier Salon, Boston Art Club, Louisiana Purchase Expo, World Columbian Exposition, Chica...

Artist : T. C. Steele Birth:  September 11th, 1847 Birth City:  Gosport, Indiana Birth County:  Owen Death:  July 24th, 1926 Burial:  T. C. Steele State Historic Site, Belmont Indiana, Brown County Married : Elizabeth (Libbie) Lakin (1870) (Deceased 1899) Children:  Rembrandt Steele (1870), Margaret Steele (1872), Shirley Steele (1879) 2nd Marriage : Selma; Laura Neubacher (August 9th, 1907) 2nd Marriage:  Children: None Artist Summary Formal Training:  Ashbury College Greencastle, IN, Chicago, Cincinnati, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany under Gyula Benczur and Ludwig Lofftz Subject Matter:  Portraits, Landscapes Media:  Oil Art Association:  Society of Western Artists, Boston Art Club, National Academy of Design Art Awards:  Silver medal for The Boatman in (1884 Royal Academy Exhibition. Art Exhibitions:  Royal Academy Exhibition (1885), Society of American Artists at the Metropolitan Museum of...

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...

Artist:  Leota Loop Birth:  October 26th, 1893 Birth City:  Fountain City, IN Death:  September 9th, 1961 Death City:  Indianapolis, IN Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetary, Nashville, IN. Married: Glen Loop in 1914 Children:   Max Wiliam Loop (b. 1916, d. 2008) 2nd Marriage  Charles Jewell Known For: Floral Still Lifes Artist Summary Formal Training:  Subject Matter: Floral Still Life, Landscape, Snowscene Media:  Oil Art Associations:  Indiana Artists Club, Hoosier Salon, Kokomo Art Students League, American Artist Professional League,  Brown County Art Gallery Association Art Awards:  Purchase Prize 1941, Artists League of Northern Indiana Exhibition 1929 First Prize for Flower Painting and Popular Prize, Purchase Prize 1930, First Prize Flowers and Oils 1946, Margaret Bridwell Memorial Prize 1939, Second Prize Flowers and Oil 1946, Second Prize Flowers and Oil 1953 Art Exhibitions: Hoosier Salon ...

Artist:  Fred Rigley Birth:  July 1st, 1914 Birth City  Owasso, Michigan Birth County: Death:  March 22nd, 2009, Death City:  Nashville In. Burial Married:  Mary Jeannette Greene Children:  Joan, Ellen Artist Summary Formal Training: Ringling School of Art, Arts Students League New York Subject Matter:  Landscapes Media: Art Associations:  Hoosier Salon, Indiana Artist  Club, Brown County Art Gallery Association, Brown Art Awards: Art Exhibitions: Known For: Seascape and Landscapes Biography of Fred Rigley Fred Rigley Indiana artist studied at the Ringling School of Art, Hilton Leach School of Art in Sarasota, FL Studied under Emile A. Gruppe, John F. Carlson, and Floyd Hopper First discovered Brown county as a student by driving Alberta Shultz's car back to Nashville from Florida. Moved to Brown County in 1948 from Gloucester, MA Opened Rigley Studios and an art supply and framing store Taught Landscape p...

Birth: 10-10-1875, Greencastle, In Death: 11-13-1956, Franklin, In Married: Carolyn Maulsby in 1920 Known For: Etchings but also painted landscapes Associations:  Chicago Society of Etchers, Indiana Artists Club, Indiana Society of Print Makers of America, Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago Society of Printers and Sculptors, Charter member Brown County Art Gallery Association and Brown County Art Guild Awards: Hoosier Salon, Palette and Chisel Club gold medal in 1921, The Daughters of Indiana prize in 1925, Chicago Society of Etchers prizes in 1949 and 1953, Bronze Medal Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915 Facts Studied at the St Louis School of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design and in New York, Paris and England Became a full resident of Brown County around 1922 Built a house and studio next to Will Vawter in 1924 Served on Nashville, In. town council Most of his printmaking was done in the winter months...

Artist Birth: September 24th, 1892 Birth City:  Bedford, Indiana Birth County:  Lawrance Death:  January 28th, 1947 Death City: Married: Genevieve Goth Known For: Landscapes and Still Life Associations: Charter member of the Indiana Artists Club, Charter Member of the Sculptors Society, Charter member and first president of the Brown County Art Gallery Association Awards: Biography of Carl Christopher Graf Studied at the Heron Art Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Student Art League of New York City and at the Cincinnati of Fine Art Studied portrait painting and sculptor for seven years Worked as a cartoonist after high school for the Bedford Daily Democrat Met Varaldo J. Cariani while on the East Coast Took camping trips to paint Brown County Built a home and studio and frame shop outside of Nashville in 1925 Met and married Genevieve Goth Graf, Marie Goth’s sister Built a home and studio east of Nashville, IN. The first presid...

Birth: 8-15-1887, Indianapolis, IN. Death: 1-9-1975, Nashville,IN. Married: Never Known For: Portraits and Still Life Birth: 8-15-1887, Indianapolis, IN. Death: 1-9-1975, Nashville,IN. Married: Never Known For: Portraits and Still Life Associations: National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, Indiana Artists Club Charter member of the Brown County Art gallery Association and the Brown County Art Guild Awards: 1909 Art Students League Facts Studied at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, IN. and at the Student Art League in New York City Studied under William Merritt Chase, Frank V Dumond, William Merritt Chase, Robert Aiken, F Luis Mora Moved to Nashville Indiana in 1923 A talented portrait painter who became the first woman to paint a portrait of the Indiana Governor Mari and V. J Cariani were lifelong friends V. J had a cabin next to Marie Active in the Brown County Art Gallery from 1926 to 1924 Active i...

Birth: 1877 New Castle, IN Death:  12-1-1959 Ashville North Carolina Married: Elmer E Eggemeyer Known For:  garden landscape, floral still life Associations: Richmond Palette club (founder 1925), Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, Richmond Art Association:  Chicago Galleries Association, Womens Art Club of Cincinnati Awards: Richmond Art Museum Meritorious Poster Design, Richmond Fall Festival 1909 best garden scene, Best Block Print 1930 Hoosier Salon Facts Studied at Earlham College in Richmond IN and under J. Ottis Adams and John Elwood Bundy an Indiana Art Academy of Cincinnati Father was an Architect Maude's Husband was the postmaster of Richmond Founded the Richmond Palette Club Traveled extensively painting gardens of wealthy Dayton Ohio families Sources: 1. Waynet.org - http://www.waynet.org/ency/artist/default.htm