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Wild Flowers

Treasures of the Swope Wild Flowers c. 1940 Zoltan Sepeshy (1898 Kassa, Hungary – 1974 Royal Oak, Michigan) Tempera on panel 25” x 32” Museum purchase 1942.03 A plush orange […]

Fleurs dans un vase jaune, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Fleurs dans un vase jaune, c. 1898 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – Cagnes-sur-Mer 1919) oil on canvas, 43.3 x 27.9 cm Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paxon Link, Paris, Illinois 1963.12 […]

Stories from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (SPSMW) are partnering with the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana, to present “Stories from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods […]

The Freighter, Monhegan, Main by George Bellows

George Bellows (Columbus, Ohio 1882 – New York, New York 1925) The Freighter, Monhegan, Main, 1913 oil on panel, 14 3/4x 19 inches museum purchase 1944.07 Seascapes were a popular subject […]

Symmetrical Man: Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Billy Morrow Jackson

Billy Morrow Jackson Symmetrical Man: Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, 1968 lithograph Gift of Howard E. Wooden 1990.13 Billy Morrow Jackson’s (Kansas City, Missouri 1926 – 2006 Urbana, […]

Treasures of the Swope

Gordon Samstag (New York, New York 1906 – Naples, Florida 1990) Young Man Desires Position, 1930 oil on canvas, 50 1/6 x 47 1/4 inches Museum purchase 1944.08 The […]

Treasures of the Swope

William T. Turman (Graysville, Indiana 1867 – Taft, California 1960) Jewel Pool, 1945 Oil on paperboard, 25 13/16 x 35 13/16 inches Bequest of Beatrice W. Sayer 1997.03 “Jewel […]

Treasures of the Swope

Thomas Hart Benton (Neosho, Missouri 1889 – Kansas City, Missouri 1975) Threshing Wheat, 19 Oil and tempera, 26 1/6 x 42 1/4 inches Museum purchase 1942.02 Threshing wheat was once […]

A Tribute to Artist William Bailey

William Bailey (November 1930 – April 2020) On April 13, 2020, American artist and university professor William Bailey passed away at age 89. The Stage, 1964, is in the permanent […]

Monotype Printing with Markers

with Mrs. Cantin – Swope Art Museum – Summer Art Studio In this video we will try out the monotype printing technique using washable markers. Materials List Plastic baggie Washable […]