#5 William Forsyth Deck Flashcards
___________ was the only Hoosier Group artist to constantly work in watercolor.
William Forsythe
__________ declared artistic independence by declaring “ I’ll be myself, or nothing.”
William Forsythe
According to William Forsythe there were 4 reasons that the Indiana artist chose to study art in Munich instead of Paris.
- __________
- __________
- __________
- __________
- William, Merritt, and Chase had gone to Munich & was successful.
- No letters of introductions or examinations were needed.
- Munich was less expensive than Paris
- German and German ways were more familiar than the French (There were several German in Indiana)
In 1914, Forsythe supervised the painting of 33 murals for the ________. He himself painted a large landscape for the entrance.
Indianapolis City Hospital. ( Now Wishard Hospital) (Including scenes of childhood stories)
In 1916 Forsythe wrote an essay, __________, for the state’s centennial. “To live outdoors in intimate touch with nature, to feel the sun, to watch the ever changing face of the landscape…… this is the heaven of Hoosier Painter.
“Art in Indiana”
The most award-winning member of the Hoosier Group. William Forsythe was known for ______&___________.
His volatile personality& artistic versatility.
Forsythe Lived in an area month of Indianapolis called Irvrington (More Butler University) and became known as __________.
Dean of the “Irvrington Group”
In 1906, Forsyth joined the faculty of the Herron School of Art and continued there until 1933, when _________________. He then did some WPA works for the Indiana Sate Library.
The Depression led to laying off of Instructors
As in Europe, Forsythe reserved a fewer weeks in the summer to travel and ________. He met and married his wife on one of the those trips.
Paint with Friends
In 1880, Forsythe assisted Adams at an art school in Fort Wayne. They then opened a school in _________. There Forsythe taught Francis Focer Brown & his wife Beulah. They were artist & teacher in Munice & Ball State
Munice
