Historic American Art Colonies
Midwestern States Art Colonies
Art Colonies of Chicago
From other websites:
Art Colonies of Chicago from The Encyclopedia of Chicago. Accessed July, 2015
Brown County Art Colony
(above: T. C. Steele, The
Ohio river from the College Campus, Hanover, 1892, oil, canvas, 66 x
97 cm). Friends of T.C. Steele*)
From other websites:
Brown County Art Colony from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Early Brown County Artists from Illinois, by Joanne Nesbit, from Our Brown County magazine. Accessed July, 2015
Door County Art Colony
From other websites:
Door County Art History - Lesser Known Door County is a YouTube video where viewers "Learn about the artist colonies and environmental inspiration that established Door County, Wisconsin as an artists haven." Accessed 4/22
"A Look Back at Door County's Art Appeal: Frogtown Art Colony" is a July 7th, 2011 article in the Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse which says: "In the summer of 1922, and Frederic Victor Poole, professors at the Art Institute of Chicago, established the camp in the Frogtown community south of the village. The name Frogtown can be traced to the nickname for a French couple who lived in the area. Apparently, the practice of referring to the French as Frogs was based on the green hue of their WWI uniforms, hats and boots and was not, at that time, considered derogatory." Accessed 4/22
Eagle's Nest Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Eagle's Nest Art Colony
From other websites:
Eagle's Nest Art Colony from The Oregon Public Library's Eagle's Nest Colony Art Collection, Oregon Illinois. Includes numerous artist biographies and images of artworks in the collection. Accessed July, 2016.
Eagle's Nest Art Colony from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Ivy Wild
From other websites:
Out of the Blue! George Frederick Gleich's 1924 "Sketches from Life and Nature" by Rebecca Ragan Akins in California Desert Art by Ann Japenga. Accessed 5/22
New Harmony Arts Community
From other websites:
New Harmony Arts Community from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015
Park Ridge Art Colony
From other websites:
Park Ridge Art Colony from AskArt.com
Richmond Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
A Walk in the Woods: The Art of John Elwood Bundy, by William H. Gerdts covering the Richmond (Indiana) School
From other websites:
Richmond Group from Richmond Art Museum. Accessed July, 2015
Stone City Art Colony
(above: Unidentified photographer, Artists in the Stone City Art Colony, 1932, "FI0013826," Stone City Art Colony, 1932. Donated by LeAnn Lemberger / Fortepan Iowa. CC-BY-SA. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Grant Wood, Self-Portrait, c. 1925, Figge Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Examples of artists' artworks pending availability of Wikimedia Commons images:
Francis Chapin
Marvin Cone
Adrian Dornbush
David McCosh
Arnold Pyle
Edward Rowan
Florence Sprague
From other websites:
Expressions of Home: The Watercolors of Lela Powers Briggs was an exhibit held May 16 - August 30, 2015 at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. CRMA says:"In the summer of 1933, Lela Briggs was part of the Stone City Art Colony, working with Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, and Adrian Dornbush. Energized by her experiences, she began to show frequently at art exhibitions in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Nebraska."
"The Stone City Art Colony: An Introduction," by Kristy Raine. published October 2003 by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Accessed July, 2016
"The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933," The Artists: 1932 and other artists, from the Busse Library, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Accessed July, 2016
Stone City Art Colony from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Art Colonies (general information) through Cragsmoor Art Colony
Dixie Art Colony/Alabama Gulf Coast Colony through Lyme Art Colony
MacDowell Art Colony through North Conway Art Colony
Ogunquit Art Colony through Roycroft Art Colony
San Diego Art Colony through Stone City Art Colony
Taos Art Colony through Yaddo Art Colony
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Art Colonies
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