Floyd D. Hopper autumn hills painting
Collection — Frame: A023
Identifier: A023
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a painting of an autumn scene created by Floyd D. Hopper in 1960 for the Indiana State Library Staff Association during a meeting. He later returned to touch up the painting. The painting hung in the staff room at the library for many years before being transferred into the care of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division.
Dates
- 1960
Creator
- Hopper, Floyd D., 1909-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Floyd D. Hopper was born November 1, 1909 in Martin County, Indiana. The son of Edward Lewis and Sarah E. (Archer) Hopper, he had two siblings, Zelda and Delbert. In 1929, after graduating from West Baden High School, he attended the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, graduating the certificate program in 1933. For a brief time, studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He later returned to Herron to earn a bachelor's degree, studying under several notable Hoosier artists including William Forsyth, before graduating in 1940. Hopper married Hazel Glenne Whitefeather (1906-2001) in 1936. Hazel Hopper worked at the Indiana State Library for 44 years from 1931 to 1975.
After World War II ended, Hopper spent over a decade working for the Noblesville Casting Iron Company, which he founded with two partners. In 1958, he left to pursue his art career, primarily working in printmaking and painting oil and watercolor landscapes, commissioned portraits and his favorite subjects: the backyards, alleyways, city streets, and workers of the American Scene. Hopper became known as the "dean of Indiana watercolors."
He died on July 2, 1984 and was buried in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Fishers, Indiana.
Sources:
Items in the collection. Findagrave.com. "Floyd D. Hopper." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50355458/floyd-d-hopper. Miller, Evan N. "Floyd Hopper Papers, 1920-1982." Finding aid. Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://discovernewfields.org/application/files/2415/3142/8847/archives-M018.pdf.
Items in the collection. Findagrave.com. "Floyd D. Hopper." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50355458/floyd-d-hopper. Miller, Evan N. "Floyd Hopper Papers, 1920-1982." Finding aid. Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://discovernewfields.org/application/files/2415/3142/8847/archives-M018.pdf.
Extent
0.15 Cubic Feet (1 frame)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection consists of one item.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a transfer from the Indiana State Library Staff Association on 2022/01/06.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2022/01/10 by Lauren Patton. EAD finding aid created 2022/01/10 by Lauren Patton. EAD finding aid revised 2023/09/25 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Hopper, Floyd D., 1909-1984 (Person)
- Title
- Floyd D. Hopper autumn hills painting
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
