Art
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Floyd D. Hopper artwork and papers
Collection
Identifier: L463
Scope and Contents
The collection is unique in that it includes his early works from his first time at the John Herron Art School (1929-1933) as well as personal journals Hopper kept listing the sales, exhibits, and loans of his artwork during a large portion of his career. The collection also includes exhibit programs and photographs of some of his later works.Oversize items include Hopper's design for a stained glass window to be placed in a library, the design of a library room, a charcoal drawing...
Dates:
1929-1980
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
Frank M. Hohenberger photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs and a few clippings and pamphlets from Frank M. Hohenberger in Indiana and Kentucky ranging from 1916 to 1935 and undated regarding landscapes, nature scenes in state parks and other locations, local buildings, houses of important figures, historic sites, and some people.
Dates:
1916-1935, undated
Frederick Polley, Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument etching
Collection — Folder S2576
Identifier: S2576
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an etching of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana by Frederick Polley circa 1920-1950. The work is signed in the lower, right hand corner by the artist.
Dates:
circa 1920-1950
French Gratitude Train photographs
Collection — Folder SP139
Identifier: SP139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs of the French Gratitude Train in 1949 in New York City and the United States, depicting gifts from France and Italy to the United States including art and replicas of artwork, historical fashion, and historical artifacts, as well as scenes parades, speeches, and gifts as they were removed from a train car.
Dates:
1949
George H. Honig, Corporal James Bethel Gresham plaster reliefs
Collection
Identifier: A024
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two plaster reliefs created by sculptor George H. Honig of the late Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana circa 1918-1921. Both reliefs are composed of light green plaster in black frames.The first relief is a plaster medallion set in a rectagle of with the bust Gresham in uniform and an American eagle, with the words, "First American soldier killed on French soil; November 3, 1917; Corporal Gresham of Evansville, Ind-USA." The second relief...
Dates:
1918-1921
George Winter artwork photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP042
Identifier: SP042
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic slides and prints of paintings and sketches from artist George Winter in Indiana, created during 1837-1840s, ranging from circa 1940 to 1982 regarding landscapes, portraits, and Native Americans and their way of life.
Dates:
circa 1940-1982
George Winter, "Pelican Island, on the Wabash" engraving
Collection — Folder S3496
Identifier: S3496
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a color engraving of a painting created by George Winter circa 1837-1852, depicting three Native Americans on the banks of the Wabash River in Indiana near Pelican Island. The engraving was printed by Jewett and Co. from the original painting, likely in the late 1800s, and produced expressly for "the ladies repository."
Dates:
circa 1837-1850, undated
Gustave Baumann, Summer Breeze woodcut print
Collection — Folder A005
Identifier: A005
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a single color wood block print of a house backed by trees created by Gustave Baumann in 1935. The print is numbered 40 out of 100 and is signed by the artist. It includes Baumann's artists seal of an opened palm of a hand on top of a heart.
Dates:
1935
Here I Grew Up mural photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP155
Identifier: SP155
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana Department of Conservation depicting the installation of the mosaic mural, Here I Grew Up, designed by Garo Z. Antreasian, in the Indiana State Office Building in Indianapolis, Indiana during January, 1963. There are also two photographs from an outdoor dedication program for the mural, a photograph of the mural's design from teh Art Association of Indianapolis, and a photocopy of a newspaper...
Dates:
1963
