Lot 521: Anna Newman (American, died 1930), "Brookville Indiana", oil on canvas 16" x 20", original frame.

Indiana painter. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Ralph Clarkson, John Vanderpoel, and C.F. Browne. She also worked with the Overbeck sisters in Cambridge City, Indiana, designing ceramics. Newman was a member of the Chicago Art Students League, Richmond (IN) Art Association, Richmond Palette Club, and the American Federation of Artists. She exhibited Art Institute of Chicago (1905); Richmond Art Association (1906-12); and the Indiana State Fair (1914). She also lived in Fort Wayne, IN, and her work is in the collection of the Supreme Court, Indianapolis. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, there was a thriving art community in Richmond, which is located on the Whitewater River, on the Ohio border. Many of the Hoosier Group painters worked in Brookville, which is just about 40 miles south. Newman painted in Brookville at the turn of the century.