Product Description
by Indiana Plein Air Painters Association I (Author), Indiana Landmarks (Author), Rachel Berenson Perry (Contribution by)
The work of T. C. Steele, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark, and Richard Gruelle, known collectively as the Hoosier Group, established plein air ("in the open air") painting as a major art form in Indiana. The vitality of this style is represented in Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place which includes 100 juried works by current Indiana plein air artists, along with paintings by the Hoosier Group, all featuring notable Indiana landmarks. This richly illustrated book will delight Hoosiers and art lovers around the world.
Author Biography
Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, Inc. (IPAPA) is an organization of Indiana artists dedicated to outdoor landscape painting and furthering Indiana art and artists.
Indiana Landmarks rescues, rehabilitates, and gives new purposes to architecturally unique, historically significant, and communally cherished properties in Indiana.
Rachel Berenson Perry is former fine arts curator at the Indiana State Museum. She is author of Paint and Canvas: A Biography of T. C. Steele; T. C. Steele and the Society of Western Artists 1896-1914 (IUP, 2009); and Children from the Hills: The Life and Work of Ada Walter Shulz.
