| 657. Dale Bessire (American, 1892-1974), "October
Color", c.1951; oil/board, 10" x 12", signed. Bessire grew up
in Indianapolis, and had some art training at the John
Herron Art institute. He also studied at the University of
Chicago, although he went there as a business major. He was
married in 1913, and moved to Nashville, Indiana in 1914. His
time in Brown County was divided between his orchard
business and his art career. He became much more serious as a
painter in the late 1920s, and was a founding member of the
Brown County Art Gallery Association in 1926. He
exhibited throughout the 1930s-50s at the Hoosier Salon; he
also exhibited at the Chicago Gallery Association, Century
of Progress (Chicago), H. Lieber Co. Gallery, Indiana
State Fair, and the John Herron Art Institute, Bessire
painted primarily landscapes, and his palette and brushwork
are distinctive. 2000-3000 |
