Hoosier Salon: The Early Years
May 23 -Aug 17, 2024 1:00 PM
Haan Museum of Indiana Art
The Haan Museum of Indiana Art in Lafayette is joining the Hoosier Art Salon to celebrate 100 years of excellence. Most of the works in the exhibition were in the Hoosier Salon between 1925 and 1952, and most of them won prizes. Estelle Peel Izor’s “Path to the River” is from the first Hoosier Salon exhibition in 1925.
A group of women who had moved from Indiana to Chicago organized a juried exhibition in Chicago of work by Indiana artists in 1925. It was so successful that they made it a highly-anticipated annual event, and named it the “Hoosier Salon”. It remained in Chicago until 1942, when it was moved to Indianapolis.
Having work deemed worthy of inclusion in the Salon was, and still is, considered an honor. Hoosier Group members T.C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth and Otto Stark were among early participants in the Hoosier Salon.
The exhibition will run through August 17. See the Museum’s website at thehaan.org for location and hours.
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