#4, Hoosier Group Artists

Question 1

J. Ottis Adams was an ___________ and member of the _____________.

Answer 1

American Impressionist Hoosier Group

Question 2

Adams studied art at the ___________ in ________ for two years. He then went to ___________ for seven years.

Answer 2

South Kensington School of Art; London; Munich

Question 3

Adams was a central figure in forming an art school in ___________.

Answer 3

Muncie, Indiana (then formed the Art Students League of Muncie)

Question 4

Adams later formed the ___________ in ___________ with other members of the Hoosier Group.

Answer 4

Herron School of Art; Indianapolis

Question 5

J. Ottis Adams was known as a ____________ artist. He was primarily a ___________ painter.

Answer 5

nature-loving American Impressionist; landscape

Question 6

J. Ottis Adams earlier work & paintings were generally _________________________

Answer 6

darker and often of peasant genre

Question 7

J. Ottis Adams later works were ________

Answer 7

lighter and in the impressionist style

Question 8

In England, Adams was influenced by ____________ ; _________________, artists who focused on landscape painting.

Answer 8

John Constable ; J.M.W Turner

Question 9

When Adams lived in Seymour, a Scottish Artist, William Greenless, saw Adams paintings & potential and invited Adams to go to ____________ and then he traveled ______________

Answer 9

Scotland; London

Question 10

______________ by Adams was the first painting he sent home for exhibition from Munich

Answer 10

“Wash Day” (one of his favorite paintings)

Question 11

_________, __________, &; ___________ entered the Munich Academy in 1882

Answer 11

Forsyth, Adams, &; Steele

Question 12

IN 1894 an exhibition of work by Forsyth, Steel, Stark, and Gruelle at the Dennison Hotel attracted attention that led to the Hoosier Group exposition (show) in ___________

Answer 12

Chicago (which also included works by Adams)

Question 13

Artists of the Hoosier Group capitalized on regional attention and created the ________________ _________

Answer 13

Society of Western Artists (they had annual exhibitions until 1914)

Question 14

In 1898, Adams & Steele purchased a home in Brookville, they called the __________

Answer 14

Hermitage

Question 15

Artists in the Hoosier Group did not observe the Group did not observe the French impressionists first hand. They earned the technique painting with American, J. Frank Currier outside of Munich and observing __________

Answer 15

The 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition (World’s Fair) in Chicago changing to brighter colors (palette), looser brushwork, & attention to atmosphere

Question 16

The members of the Hoosier Group are ______________________

Answer 16

Adams, Forsyth, Gruelle, Stark, Steele

Question 17

In 1880, ________, __________, and Richards (all artists left to study art at the Koniglichen Akdemie den Bildenden Kunet (Royal Academy) in Munich. ___________ joined in 1882

Answer 17

Steele, Adams; Forsyth

Question 18

The Indiana Artist of the Hoosier Group sustained themselves & their families by _____________________________

Answer 18

painting portraits; teaching

Question 19

__________ was the Hoosier Group Artist who taught the most

Answer 19

Forsyth

Question 20

During the winters, the Hoosier Group artists supported themselves by teaching & portraits. In the summer they __________ ____________

Answer 20

painted in plain air and worked in small groups or independently doing landscape

Question 21

The “Five Hoosier Artists” show was in _________

Answer 21

Chicago

Question 22

The “Hoosier Group” consisted of

________________-

Answer 22

T.C. Steele, Adams, Forsyth, Stark, Gruelle (Hoosier School)