T.C.STEELE HOME AND STUDIO - Nashville, Indiana
N 39° 09.123 W 086° 20.808
16S E 556440 N 4333853
Location of this plaque is: SR 46 and T.C. Steele Road, SE corner, Belmont. (Brown County, Indiana)
Waymark Code: WMFZ8N
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2012
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Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) lived and painted south of here, 1907-1926. Member of Hoosier Group of American impressionists, his landscape paintings captured picturesque panoramas characteristic of area. Property is State Historic Site; listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1973.
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In 1907, noted Hoosier impressionist painter Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926), became the first major artist to make a home in Brown County, Indiana. The picturesque landscape (and Steele’s prominence) drew in other artists, establishing the Art Colony of the Midwest.