The Richmond Group artists
By: Shaun Thomas Dingwerth ; introduction by Julia May
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bloomington, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780253011985
Subjects: Richmond Group (Group of artists); Impressionism (Art); American Painting; ART / History / General; ART / American / General; ART / Techniques / Painting
Description: "This is the untold story of a group of artists whose interest in fostering art in their community made an authentic contribution to the history of art in America. Taking for their subjects the local people, flora, and landscapes, they developed a distinctive impressionistic style, uninfluenced by other art movements in Indiana. Richmond, Indiana, become an important center for art in the Midwest, a place that nourished and inspired the artists whose work this book celebrates"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Richmond Group; title: John Elwood Bundy (1853-1933); title: Charles Conner (1857-1905); title: Frank Joseph Girardin (1856-1945); title: William Alden Mote (1840-1917) and Marcus Mote (1817-1898); title: Ellwood Morris (1848-1940) and Micajah T. Nordyke (1847-1919); title: J. Edgar Forkner (1867-1945); title: John Albert Seaford (1858-1936); title: Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer (1877-1959); title: George Herbert Baker (1878-1943); title: Edna Stubbs Cathell (1867-1955); title: William Arnold Eyden Sr. (1860-1919) and William Arnold Eyden Jr. (1893-1982); title: Anna Mary Newman (1866-1930); title: Other Artists.