William Merritt Chase Born on November 1, 1849, in Williamsburg (later renamed Nineveh), Indiana, Chase was the oldest of six children. He moved… Read More »William Merritt Chase
Grant Wright Christian Born on July 17, 1911, near Edinburgh, Indiana, Grant Wright Christian graduated from the in Indianapolis in 1933. His instructors… Read More »Grant Wright Christian
Randolph LaSalle Coats (Sept. 14, 1891-June 21, 1957). Coats was born in Richmond, Indiana, and studied art at the where he was a… Read More »Randolph LaSalle Coats
Jacob Cox (Nov. 9, 1810-Jan. 2, 1892). Cox was the major figure in the early development of visual arts in Indianapolis, maintaining… Read More »Jacob Cox
Cyclorama Located on the northside of Market Street just west of Illinois Street, the Cyclorama building exhibited life-size murals and served… Read More »Cyclorama
Evelynne Bernloehr Mess Daily (Jan. 8, 1903 – Jan. 9, 2003). Painter-printmaker Evelynne Bernloehr met at the , and they married in 1925. They… Read More »Evelynne Bernloehr Mess Daily
Harry A. Davis (May 21, 1914-Feb. 9, 2006). Harry Allen Davis was an Indianapolis-based artist and educator. While he was born in the… Read More »Harry A. Davis
Early Art Schools of Central Indiana Traveling portrait painters may have been the earliest artists in Indianapolis. Portraiture was the only way to maintain the memory… Read More »Early Art Schools of Central Indiana
Mae Alice Engron (Jan. 29, 1933-May 4, 2007). An abstract artist, Engron was born in Indianapolis to Reuben and Hattie Starks and attended… Read More »Mae Alice Engron
Feistikji Family In the early 1920s John (ca. 1866-Jan. 25, 1949) and Mary (ca. 1875-Apr. 18, 1948) Feistikji, who were Armenian Roman… Read More »Feistikji Family
