7. T. C. Steele

Question 1

Steele’s work appeared in the World’s ________ in 1893, and in the Five Hoosier Painters exhibition in 1894 in ________.

Answer 1

Colombian Exposition;

Chicago

Question 2

Steele received an honorary degree from _______ in 1900 and Indiana University in 1916.

Answer 2

Wabash College

IU later…..

Question 3

Steele began art training as a boy at __________ then __________ and briefly in Chicago and Cincinnati.

Answer 3

Waveland Collegiate Institute; 
Asbury College (DePauw)

Question 4

T. C. Steele’s Indianapolis home and studio became the first _______________________.

Answer 4

Herron School of Art

Question 5

In 1899, Steele became a member of a jury to select American Paintings for inclusion in the __________.

Answer 5

Paris Universal Exposition in 1900 (World’s Fair)

Question 6

Steele became president of the _________ which he helped organize.

Answer 6

Society of Western Artists

Question 7

During summer months, Steele painted _______ and in winter, painted ________ in his studio in the 1890’s.

Answer 7

Landscapes; Portraits

Question 8

Steele’s interest in art was sparked by an itinerant ________.

Answer 8

painter (Traveling painter)

Question 9

In ___________ by Steele, there is only a suggestion of water and sky and a boat. The man may be concentrating on something in the distance.

Answer 9

“The Boatman” (won a silver medal at the Academy)

Question 10

Steele was elected to be an associate member of New York’s _____________ in 1913.

Answer 10

National Academy of Design

Question 11

“The Steele Portfolio” was published in 1890 with _________.

Answer 11

25 photogravure prints of T. C. Steele paintings.

Question 12

__________ became IU’s first artist-in-residence.

Answer 12

T. C. Steele

Question 13

What Hoosier Group artist has a historic site named after him?

Answer 13

T. C. Steele Historic Site

Question 14

After returning from Munich, T. C. Steele’s paintings were __________.

Answer 14

dark, drably colored, with high contrast (large difference in light; dark)

Question 15

_________ is considered the most important Hoosier Group Painter.

Answer 15

T. C. Steele

Question 16

T. C. Steele and other Indiana Artists liked to paint in the area of _________ and the _________ in Southwestern Indiana.

Answer 16

Vernon and the Muscatatuck River.

Question 17

Brookville, where T. C. Steele and Adams had their “Hermitage” studio, was sometimes known as the ___________.

Answer 17

Barbizon of Indiana (Barbizon was a village in France where artists worked together)

Question 18

“The Boatman” was T. C. Steele’s ________ from Munich.

Answer 18

prize-winning work

Question 19

Steele established the _________ in 1889.

Answer 19

Indiana Art School

Question 20

T. C. Steele’s portraits included _________, ___________, and other prominent Hoosiers.

Answer 20

5 Indiana Governors and James Whitcomb Riley

Question 21

After the death of his 1st wife, T. C. Steele traveled ___________ with his daughter, painting several works.

Answer 21

to the West Coast

Question 22

After marrying his 2nd wife, Selma, T. C. Steele built a hilltop studio in Brown Co. near Belmont called ____________.

Answer 22

“The House of the Singing Winds”

Question 23

In his time, _________ was the most famous Hoosier artist of his time.

Answer 23

T. C. Steele

Question 24

T. C. Steele purchased a _________ so that he and his family could travel in comfort and he could paint.

Answer 24

studio wagon

Question 25

When T. C. Steele moved to Indianapolis, he made a living by ___________.

Answer 25

painting commissioned portraits and commercial signs

Question 26

To study in Europe, T. C. Steele’s friend and art patron, Herman Lieben, financial support. 13 patrons paid $100 in exchange for ___________.

Answer 26

Future paintings

Question 27

Steele’s work shows a technical grays of his subjects, a comprehension of the majestic aspects of nature, with ___________.

Answer 27

much feeling for the influence of light and atmosphere

Question 28

T. C. Steele noted many of the Munich landscapes had a ___________ because they were painted by an academic formula indoors instead of Plein Aire, outdoors and natural.

Answer 28

“studio look” indoors

Question 29

T. C. Steele’s paintings include urban &; rural scenes in various _______________________.

Answer 29

Weather conditions