*Famed Indiana Artist*
Clifton Wheeler was born in Hadley, Indiana, but his family moved to Mooresville when he was a child. Later Wheeler met William Forsyth who gave him encouragement and technical guides. Wheeler went to New York City and studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His fellow classmates included Ge3orge Bellows Edward Hopper and guy Pène DuBois. He traveled to Italy with Chase's painting class and later to Paris and became friends with Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Although he was urged to stay in New York, Wheeler returned home to Indiana where he taught for many years at the Herrron Art Institute and Butler University. In the summer he taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He painted in North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee and Upstate New York capturing scenes of the Black, Smoky, Rocky and Catskill Mountains as well as the dunes on Lake Michigan. Wheeler painted in an impressionist style with a strong sense of color and design.
Wheeler probably painted In the Catskills near the artists' colony at Woodstock, New York. The staccato pattern of blocky brushstrokes, reminiscent of Forsyth's landscape technique, enhances the sense of nature in movement. Wheeler's design, based on a grid, reinforces the serenity of the woodland view.
Reference:
Mary Q. Burnet. Art and Artists of Indiana, New York: The Century Company, 1921. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., 1981. ASIN: B002J7QO2K
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Clifton Wheeler was an Indiana artist who studied at Herron Art Institute under Forsyth and the New York School of Art, under Chase and Robert Henri. He Exhibited widely receiving prizes from the Richmond Art Museum (1917), Herron (1921 and 1923), Indiana Art Association (1924), Franklin College (1926), Rector Memorial Prize (1927 and 1932) Indiana University (1928) and many Hoosier Salon Exhibitions. He taught at Herron, Shortridge and the University of Colorado. His work is in collections at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Swope Art Museum, Ball State, and Indianapolis Public schools, among others.
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Spouse: Hilah Drake
Survived By: Widow; daughter, Mrs. George (Hilah) Remally; brother, John W. E. (Elvin) Wheeler; 2 grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. Alonzo (Rose Swain) Wheeler.
Other: Age 69. Member Society of Friends. Attended Mooresville schools. Famed Indiana artist. Many of his murals found in private and public buildings. Instructed art at Herron Art Inst. and Shortridge HS. Buried in Wheeler family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Obituary Source: Mooresville Times, May 14, 1953
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Clifton Wheeler was born in Hadley, Indiana, but his family moved to Mooresville when he was a child. Later Wheeler met William Forsyth who gave him encouragement and technical guides. Wheeler went to New York City and studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His fellow classmates included Ge3orge Bellows Edward Hopper and guy Pène DuBois. He traveled to Italy with Chase's painting class and later to Paris and became friends with Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Although he was urged to stay in New York, Wheeler returned home to Indiana where he taught for many years at the Herrron Art Institute and Butler University. In the summer he taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He painted in North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee and Upstate New York capturing scenes of the Black, Smoky, Rocky and Catskill Mountains as well as the dunes on Lake Michigan. Wheeler painted in an impressionist style with a strong sense of color and design.
Wheeler probably painted In the Catskills near the artists' colony at Woodstock, New York. The staccato pattern of blocky brushstrokes, reminiscent of Forsyth's landscape technique, enhances the sense of nature in movement. Wheeler's design, based on a grid, reinforces the serenity of the woodland view.
Reference:
Mary Q. Burnet. Art and Artists of Indiana, New York: The Century Company, 1921. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., 1981. ASIN: B002J7QO2K
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Clifton Wheeler was an Indiana artist who studied at Herron Art Institute under Forsyth and the New York School of Art, under Chase and Robert Henri. He Exhibited widely receiving prizes from the Richmond Art Museum (1917), Herron (1921 and 1923), Indiana Art Association (1924), Franklin College (1926), Rector Memorial Prize (1927 and 1932) Indiana University (1928) and many Hoosier Salon Exhibitions. He taught at Herron, Shortridge and the University of Colorado. His work is in collections at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Swope Art Museum, Ball State, and Indianapolis Public schools, among others.
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Spouse: Hilah Drake
Survived By: Widow; daughter, Mrs. George (Hilah) Remally; brother, John W. E. (Elvin) Wheeler; 2 grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. Alonzo (Rose Swain) Wheeler.
Other: Age 69. Member Society of Friends. Attended Mooresville schools. Famed Indiana artist. Many of his murals found in private and public buildings. Instructed art at Herron Art Inst. and Shortridge HS. Buried in Wheeler family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Obituary Source: Mooresville Times, May 14, 1953
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*Famed Indiana Artist*
Clifton Wheeler was born in Hadley, Indiana, but his family moved to Mooresville when he was a child. Later Wheeler met William Forsyth who gave him encouragement and technical guides. Wheeler went to New York City and studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His fellow classmates included Ge3orge Bellows Edward Hopper and guy Pène DuBois. He traveled to Italy with Chase's painting class and later to Paris and became friends with Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Although he was urged to stay in New York, Wheeler returned home to Indiana where he taught for many years at the Herrron Art Institute and Butler University. In the summer he taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He painted in North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee and Upstate New York capturing scenes of the Black, Smoky, Rocky and Catskill Mountains as well as the dunes on Lake Michigan. Wheeler painted in an impressionist style with a strong sense of color and design.
Wheeler probably painted In the Catskills near the artists' colony at Woodstock, New York. The staccato pattern of blocky brushstrokes, reminiscent of Forsyth's landscape technique, enhances the sense of nature in movement. Wheeler's design, based on a grid, reinforces the serenity of the woodland view.
Reference:
Mary Q. Burnet. Art and Artists of Indiana, New York: The Century Company, 1921. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., 1981. ASIN: B002J7QO2K
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Clifton Wheeler was an Indiana artist who studied at Herron Art Institute under Forsyth and the New York School of Art, under Chase and Robert Henri. He Exhibited widely receiving prizes from the Richmond Art Museum (1917), Herron (1921 and 1923), Indiana Art Association (1924), Franklin College (1926), Rector Memorial Prize (1927 and 1932) Indiana University (1928) and many Hoosier Salon Exhibitions. He taught at Herron, Shortridge and the University of Colorado. His work is in collections at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Swope Art Museum, Ball State, and Indianapolis Public schools, among others.
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Spouse: Hilah Drake
Survived By: Widow; daughter, Mrs. George (Hilah) Remally; brother, John W. E. (Elvin) Wheeler; 2 grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. Alonzo (Rose Swain) Wheeler.
Other: Age 69. Member Society of Friends. Attended Mooresville schools. Famed Indiana artist. Many of his murals found in private and public buildings. Instructed art at Herron Art Inst. and Shortridge HS. Buried in Wheeler family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Obituary Source: Mooresville Times, May 14, 1953
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Clifton Wheeler was born in Hadley, Indiana, but his family moved to Mooresville when he was a child. Later Wheeler met William Forsyth who gave him encouragement and technical guides. Wheeler went to New York City and studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His fellow classmates included Ge3orge Bellows Edward Hopper and guy Pène DuBois. He traveled to Italy with Chase's painting class and later to Paris and became friends with Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Although he was urged to stay in New York, Wheeler returned home to Indiana where he taught for many years at the Herrron Art Institute and Butler University. In the summer he taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He painted in North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee and Upstate New York capturing scenes of the Black, Smoky, Rocky and Catskill Mountains as well as the dunes on Lake Michigan. Wheeler painted in an impressionist style with a strong sense of color and design.
Wheeler probably painted In the Catskills near the artists' colony at Woodstock, New York. The staccato pattern of blocky brushstrokes, reminiscent of Forsyth's landscape technique, enhances the sense of nature in movement. Wheeler's design, based on a grid, reinforces the serenity of the woodland view.
Reference:
Mary Q. Burnet. Art and Artists of Indiana, New York: The Century Company, 1921. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., 1981. ASIN: B002J7QO2K
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Clifton Wheeler was an Indiana artist who studied at Herron Art Institute under Forsyth and the New York School of Art, under Chase and Robert Henri. He Exhibited widely receiving prizes from the Richmond Art Museum (1917), Herron (1921 and 1923), Indiana Art Association (1924), Franklin College (1926), Rector Memorial Prize (1927 and 1932) Indiana University (1928) and many Hoosier Salon Exhibitions. He taught at Herron, Shortridge and the University of Colorado. His work is in collections at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Swope Art Museum, Ball State, and Indianapolis Public schools, among others.
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Spouse: Hilah Drake
Survived By: Widow; daughter, Mrs. George (Hilah) Remally; brother, John W. E. (Elvin) Wheeler; 2 grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. Alonzo (Rose Swain) Wheeler.
Other: Age 69. Member Society of Friends. Attended Mooresville schools. Famed Indiana artist. Many of his murals found in private and public buildings. Instructed art at Herron Art Inst. and Shortridge HS. Buried in Wheeler family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Obituary Source: Mooresville Times, May 14, 1953
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