1. Art and Artists of the Hoosier Group
J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth, Otto Stark and T. C. Steele

2. In the early 1880’s,three Hoosier men who were painters traveled from Indiana all the way to Munich, in Germany, to learn more about painting in the Impressionist style they admired.

3. The three men returned to Indiana and painted in their own versions of the Impressionist style they’d learned, using Indiana scenes and images for inspiration in their paintings. Later, the painters also met another man from Indiana, Otto Stark, who had traveled to Paris, in France, to study art. The four friends became very important artists and teachers of art in Indiana.

4. J. Ottis Adams

5. William Forsyth

6. T. C. Steele

7. Otto Stark

8. J. Ottis Adams was inspired by scenes from nature in Indiana.

9. Here is a photograph of J. Ottis Adams in his Munich studio.

10. Iridescence of a Shallow Stream, 1902 J. Ottis Adams

11. Summertime, 1890 J. Ottis Adams

12. William Forsyth also painted scenes from Indiana.

13. Here is a photograph of
William Forsyth with his daughter.

14. The Grist Mill, William Forsyth

15. Moonrise and Twilight, 1908 William Forsyth

16. T. C. Steele liked to paint scenes from the land around his home in southern Indiana as well as in Indianapolis.

17. Here is a photograph
of T. C. Steele and his
wife in later years.

18. This photograph shows T. C. Steele
painting outdoors.

19. In the Whitewater Valley near Metamora, 1894 T. C. Steele

20. Meridian Street, Thawing Weather, 1887 T. C. Steele

21. Winter in the Ravine, T. C. Steele

22. Otto Stark studied in Paris, France and then came back to Indiana to paint images from Hoosier life.

23. Bad Pasturage, 1896 Otto Stark

24. Autumn Scene, Otto Stark

25. An artist named Wayman Adams, who learned a lot from these
four men, wanted to honor them by painting their picture in
Here, the four men are posing for the painting as Adams observes them.

26. Here is the finished painting.
The Art Jury, Wayman Adams

27. The End