The Student Building on Campus (above), by Theodore Clement Steele, is a painting which hangs in the director’s office, Indiana Memorial Union, IUB.
Theodore Clement Steele, American, 1847–1926, The Boatman, 1884, Oil on canvas, Promised bequest of the estate of Hubert and Cordelia Collins
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Seven paintings—some never before seen in public—by one of Indiana’s most beloved artist is the focus of IU Art Museum’s upcoming installation: T. C. Steele and Indiana University: A Collector’s Legacy.
All works are from the estate of Hubert and Cordelia Collins. The centerpiece of the installation is Steele’s 1884 masterpiece, The Boatman, painted as the culmination of his five-year study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where it was awarded a silver medal. This painting now enters the collection of the art museum as a generous gift from the Collins estate.
Also on view are six Impressionist landscapes of the Indiana countryside, painted between 1892 and 1924, and depicting locales from Brookville to Brown County. The six paintings have been purchased from the Collins estate by a private collector; the funds from the purchase will benefit Alzheimer’s research at the IU School of Medicine. A free brochure is available in the gallery; it includes an essay placing The Boatman in the context of the 1880s Munich art world and also provides maps for a self-guided walking tour of the Indiana Memorial Union, where 33 paintings by Steele from the IU Campus Collection are on permanent view. The temporary installation is on view from May 24 to July 31 in the Gallery of Art of the Western World on the first floor.
Mark your calendars: Jazz in July returns to the museum this summer. The free Friday concert series starts July 1, featuring Jan Aldridge Clark.
Exhibit title: T. C. Steele and Indiana University: A Collector’s Legacy
When: May 24 to July 31
Where IU Art Museum (Bloomington campus)
Admission: Free
Upcoming events: http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu
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