Ask to see the painting at the Gallery. It is a testimonial to good nature and fellowship. Speaking of the Gallery Association, it was founded in September of 1926 and was the first formal organization of Brown County artists. From that first score of members of the original art colony, the Gallery has grown steadily until today it features the work of about 50 active artist members. Following the formation of the Gallery Association, a steady flow of artists was attracted to Brown County.
Space prohibits a catalogue of even the most famous.
A non-painter, however, does stand out during these times. Frank M. Hohenberger used a camera to express his artistic sense. It has been said that Hohenberger was to Brown County what Matthew Brad was to the Civil War. The Brown County of old lives in the vignettes Hohenberger captured on film and the newspaper monographs he wrote to accompany his photographs. A stunning miniature census of Yesterday Brown County can be seen in the gallery of Hohenberger portraits on the south wall of the Old Country Store in the Nashville House.