Edward K. Williams
(American, 1870-1950)
Brown County Home in Spring
oil on canvas
signed lower left
38" x 42"

Provenance:
The Ira Simon Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Exhibitions:
17th Annual Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1941; awarded the John C. Shaffer Prize (plaque lower center)

Catalog Note:
The Brown County Art Colony was formed in the early 1900s south of Indianapolis. Adolph Schulz is considered to be the founder, who along with T.C. Steele, influenced other artists to build cabins and move to the area. Will Vawter and Gustave Baumann were among the first to make Brown County their home. Lucie Hartrath, Charles Dahlgreen and L.O. Griffith joined from Chicago. By the early 1930s, there were at least 18 artists with permanent homes in Brown County.

Artists such as Edward K. Williams, C. Curry Bohm, Ada Walter Shulz, Carl Graf, V.J. Cariani, Dale Bessire, Georges LaChance, Marie Goth, Leota Loop, Adam Emory Albright, Olive Rush and Alexis Fournier all flourished within this welcoming environment, creating works inspired by its picturesque landscape.

Edward K. Williams was a landscape painter born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibited there from 1903 through 1929. Many of his exhibits included wintery landscapes. After migrating to the Brown County Art Colony, he eventually became the president of the Brown County Art Gallery Association and the Indiana Art Club.

Frame: 45 1/2"h x 41 1/2"w x 2"d
Not examined out of frame. Craquelure throughout. Overall good condition.
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