Once in a lifetime chance to see famous Indiana landscape paintings

INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana Historical Society will give Hoosiers a chance to view the landscapes of Indiana through the brush of one of the state’s most iconic artists.

“Indiana Impressions: The Art of T.C. Steele” exhibition is a part of the historical society’s celebration of the Indiana bicentennial. Art experts consider Steele to be the best known Indiana landscape artist.

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“I think people are really going to enjoy seeing Indiana landscapes because they are something that are very familiar to them and they don’t require any explanation,” said Rachel Berenson Perry, the guest curator of the art exhibition.

Perry also contributed to the 50th anniversary edition of “The House of the Singing Winds: The Life and Work of T.C Steele.” The book, which was first published in 1966, has been revamped this year with more images and a new essay by Perry on the life of T.C. Steele’s second wife, Selma Neubacher Steele. Perry said the biography of Selma Neubacher Steele’s life is the most exciting content added in the new edition.

“A lot of information about her that’s not previously been published from research of her letters to her friends, and a lot of material that’s here, at the Indiana Historical Society library,” said Perry.

Indiana Historical Society guest curator Rachel Berenson Perry and one of her favorite T.C. Steele paintings "Street Scene with Carriage." Photo by Gary Qi, TheStatehouseFile.com

Indiana Historical Society guest curator Rachel Berenson Perry and one of her favorite T.C. Steele paintings “Street Scene with Carriage.” Photo by Gary Qi, TheStatehouseFile.com

“Street Scene with Carriage” is one Perry’s favorite paintings in the exhibition.

“I really like the moody paintings that have a lot of atmosphere,” said Perry.

Visitors will have a chance to see “Street Scene with Carriage” and 42 other T.C. Steele’s paintings. Some of the paintings will be on display in public for the first time.

“All the paintings are from private collections. So, they probably won’t be seen again in our lifetime,” said Perry.

The exhibition will open on April 21 through July 9 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Historical Society. Admission is free for members and $7 for adults. 

 

Article writer Gary Qi is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news site powered by Franklin College journalism students.