Hoosier Group

Artists considered members of the Group include T. C. Steele, Richard Gruelle, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, and Otto Stark.

Forsyth, Steele, and Adams taught art at academies in the state and helped spread the group's ethos.

Following the appearance of Modernism at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City and later Chicago, the Hoosier Group's visibility and sales declined dramatically.

During this period, members of the group were aging and found themselves trapped in what became characterized at that time as an old-fashioned style of painting.

Today, the works are highly-collectible and are found in many private and public collections around the United States.

Four of the five Hoosier Group artists in the painting "The Art Jury" by Wayman Elbridge Adams . From left to right are Steele, Stark, Adams, and Forsyth. Gruelle was deceased at the time the picture was painted.