Constance E. (Connie) Forsyth

(Aug. 18, 1903-Jan. 22, 1987). Constance E. (Connie) Forsyth was the oldest of three daughters of Hoosier group artist William Forsyth and Alice (Atkinson) Forsyth of Irvington. Her father was recognized as one of the foremost Hoosier artists and art teachers. She inherited and learned from his talents. Forsyth graduated from Shortridge High School. She received an A.B. degree in chemistry from Butler University and studied art at John Herron Art Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs.

Forsyth’s art won numerous Indiana State Fair ribbons for watercolor landscapes and composites, and her watercolors have been exhibited in England, Scotland, France, and India. Besides watercolors, she did oil painting, lithography, and etchings. The Indiana areas inspire some of her etchings—especially Dunes Beach, Delaware Bridge, and Canal Bridge. She was also active in the Society of Print Makers and a member of the Hoosier Salon.

Forsyth left the Indianapolis area in 1940 to accept a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin. She retired from that institution as professor emeritus of art in 1973.

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