Otto Stark papers

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Otto Stark papers

1878-1972

A biographical sketch; letters to Stark from THE REVUE DU VRAI ET DU BEAU; poems on Stark written at his death; a watercolor, sketches and drawings; photographs of Stark, his paintings, and the Panama-Pacific Exposition; exhibition catalogs; articles on Stark and other Indiana artists; priced inventory of Stark's paintings; a notebook with names of prospective buyers and owners of his works; clippings; reproductions; and miscellany.

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Stark, Otto, 1859-1926

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Otto Stark (1859-1926) was an Indianapolis-born artist who gained national prominence as a member of the "Hoosier Group," a loose association of Indiana artists that included T. C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, and William Forsyth. Stark's work most clearly showed the influence of Impressionism, and he often featured children in his work. Stark's artistic career began at the age of 16 when he was apprenticed to a lithographer in Cincinnati. Stark also enrolled in the School of Design at the Univers...