Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Tri-Kappa |
Catalog Number |
1999.001.100 |
Title |
Moment of Rest |
Artist |
La Chance, Georges |
Object Name |
painting |
Description |
MOMENT OF REST Hoosier Salon 1948 Georges LaChance (1888-1964) Oil, 29.5 X 35.25 |
Provenance |
Purchased from the Hoosier Salon. Photographer in Vincennes before going to Nashville to paint with the Brown County artists. Will Vawter mentored him, took him out and helped him to see and to appreciate the beauties of nature. An important member of the Art Colony group where he had his studio, Hoosiers can be proud to claim such a cosmopolitan painter. He had one-man shows in Toledo Museum, Kansas City Museum and Art Center in New York. His historical murals are in the Vincennes Court House, the Toledo Scale Auditorium and the Bloomington Limestone Company. He won the Hummel award in the Hoosier Salon Exhibition, the L. A. Downs Prize, the Edward Rector Prize and the Orphan Annie Award. |
Medium |
oil |
Dimensions |
H-29.25 W-35.25 inches |
Catalog date |
1999-12-10 |