Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
30-1/4 x 45-1/2 in. (canvas) 37-3/4 x 52-1/2 x 3 in. (framed)
Mark Description
signed and dated l.l.: T.C. Steele / 1889
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Rosemary A. Gatewood and Kenneth Gatewood
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Dr. Robert B. Stewart [1896-1988], West Lafayette, Indiana;{1} (Lyman Brothers, Indianapolis, Indiana); purchased by Rosemary and Kenneth Gatewood, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1968;{2} given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2011 (2011.132). {1} See correspondence in IMA Historical File (TR11256). {2} See invoice in IMA Historical File (TR11256).
Gallery Labels
Old Schofield’s Mill, a water-powered grist mill, was located at Indianapolis’s northern border near the present-day juncture of Fall Creek and 42nd Street. When compared with the painting Pleasant Run in the opening gallery of this exhibition (see reproduction below), Steele’s palette has become noticeably lighter and brighter, and his brushstrokes much looser. Steele believed this painting to be one of his finest to date in capturing Indiana’s natural beauty and charm, and put a steep asking price of $400 on the painting when it was first exhibited.
While living in Indianapolis, Steele often trekked out to the city’s edges to paint scenes in the rural countryside. Later in his career, in order to live surrounded by nature, he purchased a farm in Brown County south of Nashville, Indiana, and built a house there that he called the “House of the Singing Winds.”
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