This work is abstract painting that includes a balance of yellow, red, blue, green, and black. The background of the work is black, and the colored shapes overlap each other in the foreground. Thin organic lines are added to...
The 1996 Greiner Award Winner Paul Ward, made a hollow metal cast sculpture with what looks to be cement or stone. It resembles a traditional mortar and pestle, or separate ceremonial dish. The details in the sculpture reveal...
Rectangular lithographic print depicting a pastoral landscape in black and white. Dark background contrasts the light foreground. Three buildings are placed on the left side of the piece. The clouds in the sky contain a large...
This is a rectangular print completed with many layers of color. The main subject of the piece is two figures. One is a woman that is standing and looking down at a man that is sitting and writing. In the bottom left corner is...
A rectangular drawing in black and white. It's central focus is a house and a tree, both of which are covered in snow. The background also contains similarly depicted houses and trees. The darkness of the trees contrasts the...
This is a lithographic print in black and white. Three biomorphic figures are depicted across the foreground of the piece. A woman holding a child is on the right, and a face with a hat is on the left. The figures are mostly...
An ink painting of a landscape. Done in black and white. Both linework and shading is used throughout. The main subject is a tree on the left side of the page. The majority of the detail is on the left side of the page. The...
This is a lithographic print in black and white, and it is printed on light brown paper. There is a large range of value, and the details and value fades away at the bottom of the piece. The work is a landscape, displaying...
This is a rectangular lithograph in black and white. It features a two Cubist-style women. One woman is only partially seen, while the other is seen from the chest up. A moon is depicted in the top left corner, and it appears...
This work is a small figure carved in wood. The figure faces straight forward and gazes out at the viewer. The figure is holding something in its hands, and its eyes are closed. The wood the figure is carved out of it dark, and...
This piece is a glass cutting, and light fixture to illuminate the glass. It stands on its own without the illumination, but as one would imagine it becomes a different work of art when lit. It is titled American Cup and was...
This work is a portrait of Anna Kelton Wiley, who lived in the years 1878-1964. A plaque on the frame this piece describes Wiley as a Women's Rights Advocate, as well as the wife of Harvey W. Wiley. In this piece Wiley gazes...
Helen Gerardia (1903-1988). Ukrainian-American artist. and This is a lithographic print. It is primarily made up of black and blue ink, and the paper shows through at points creating the illusion of white being used. Abstracted...
Image depicts a town under the haze of the sunlight, the architecture of the buildings pictured and title suggest the setting could be Arabian. The color palette also suggests that it could be a desert setting. While the...
Lithographic print by Ray Harm titled Bald Eagle. It features two Bald Eagles purchased on a branch over white negative space. This did not come with an informational leaflet about the bald eagles. The size of the Bald eagle in...
This print by Barbara Trimble is the first of a 750 print collection. It depicts the Baldridge Memorial Columns at Hanover College, and has a signature from the artist. It features the memorial columns near the point with...
Pictured in this poster print is an owl perched in a tree. The artist, Don Eckelberry was most known for his bird painting and appears to have numerous collections of lithographs and offset prints. The Barred Owl is in the...
This work is a landscape painting of trees in the evening. Light streams through tree branches and causes patches of light and shadow throughout the work. The piece contains mostly shades of green and brown, though there are...
Pictured is small bird in front of what looks like a vibrant and saturated sunset. It could be a representation of a sunset in a location typically closer to the equator. The sun is high with a red-orange hue, while the...
Charley Harper (1922-2007). American artist. and In this print, Birds of a Feather, there are two birds that look like they are native to pond or lake environments. Charles Harper is the artist and is known for capturing...
Ray Harm (1927- 2015). American Artist and Pictured is a lithographic print completed by Ray Harm. The bird featured is a Blackbilled Magpie, a medium sized bird belonging to the Corvidae family. Blackbilled Magpie's are...
This work is a small sculpture of two silver figures. The figures stand on a polished marble rock, and they are holding hands. One figure in small than the other, and they are both looking down. They are both in nude, and the...
T.C Steele (1847-1926) and Pictured is a landscape painting by T.C Steele, an American Impressionist painter. It depicts a woodland scene in Hanover, Indiana near the river. The scene suggests it could be Spring or Fall.
Ray Harm (1927- 2015). American Artist and Print by Ray Harm of a Brown Thrasher bird. The Brown Thrasher pictured is pictured on a flower and appears to be calling out.
This work is a wash-painting in ink. It depicts a burning village in black and white. There is a large range of value throughout the piece. The included images are obscured and drawn in a loose, primitive style. Within the...
Silkscreen print pictures flowers and a butterfly. The piece is the 4th print out of a 10 print series from the 1980 Greiner Award winner Elle Smith, it is titled Butterfly and Peony. The negative space allows the viewer to...
Ray Harm (1927- 2015). American Artist and Pictured is a lithographic print completed by Ray Harm. The bird featured is a California Quail, a ground dwelling bird also known as the Valley Quail. California Quails have a plume...
This work is a rectangular print. It depicts a black diagonal spiral that reaches from the top right of the image to the middle of the bottom of the page. There is a black circle in the middle of the left. The background...
A rectangular print. This work contains multiple layers of color. The background contains mostly the cool colors of blue and purple, and smaller accents of warm colors, majorly red and orange, layer the foreground of the image....
This work is a sculpture depicting an abstract depiction of a cat. The piece is completed with metallic paint, causing the work to appear old and worn in brown and green. The piece has a balance of both organic and geometric...
This work is a color print on paper. It is comprised of warm colors, majorly different shades and values of orange and brown. The piece appears highly textured. The main subject of the work is an abstracted, biomorphic cat head...
This work is a ink painting of bamboo on paper. The paper is attached to a brown paper scroll with wood on one end. The painting of the bamboo is done entirely in black and white and it is completed in a mixture of realistic...
This work is a stitching on yellow fabric done mostly in blue and gold thread. The yellow rectangular fabric lays on top of a blue background, and they are separated from each other with a gold outline. The main stitching...
Thomas Gordon. American artist. Gordon was a professor of Art at Hanover from 1959-1966. and This is an aquatint print in color. It depicts a city through abstract expressionism. The work is completed with many layers of...
Oil painting by Larry Rudolech of the four corners intersection on the Hanover College campus, with a focus on the clock tower and IT building behind it. This painting has visible brush strokes and use of vibrancy with the...
Francis Speight (1896-1989). American artist. and This work is a landscape painting done in oil paint. It includes dark hills in the background with light green in the foreground as grass, and in the background as the sky. A...
Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969). Russian/French artist. and Print by Serge Poliakoff, titled Composition of Black, Yellow and Brown. Although the title for this print suggests the presence of primary colors, the color palette is...
Chafetz, Sidney (1922-2013). American artist. and Print is the twenty-seventh of a forty print collection by artist Sid Chafetz. It is titled Contemplation and features a man with his head turned in an unnatural way, and his...
Pictured are men in cornfields picking corn in late Summer, early Fall. The rows begin in the foreground and extend nearly to the background, signifying the days work ahead for the men pictured. This paintings artist engraved...
Welded Steel sculpture by Jesus Mendes is titled Dancer. It features a female figure posing with the arms raised, with shifted weight. This alludes to the figure in a dancing pose. and Jesus Mendes. Mexican artist.
Marie Goth (1887-1975) and This work is a portrait of Daniel W. Fisher who was the President of Hanover College from 1879-1907. It is completed in a realistic, yet it has been done in a slightly blurred fashion.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French artist. and This work is a printed sketch of a woman bathing. She stands in water up to her mid-legs. The work is completed in loose sketchy lines in black and white. The woman stands...
This a lithographic print in black and white. It depicts a scene within a rectangle. A tribe dances, and people wear the skin and horns of deer. The image appears energetic, and the included figures and their clothing are...
This is a color lithograph that comes from Karel Appel's book of lithographs entitled "Ariel 4". On the back of this piece there is an excerpt from a poem, as well as an excerpt from Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer".
This...
This work is a ceramic bowl that is created in rough edged style. The top edges of the piece are ragged and appear broken. The inside of the bowl is dark black and appears shadowed, and the outside of the work is completed in...
Marie Goth (1887-1975), American Artist. and Pictured is Dr. Andrew Harvey Young, Professor of Natural Science. The portrait was completed by Marie Goth, an American Painter from Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts Dr. Harvey in...
This work is a portrait of Dr. James Blythe (1765-1842) who was the first President of Hanover College, holding his position from 1832-1836. In this portrait President Blythe is seated, and his head is turned to gaze out at the...
Hugh Hirtle, 1934-2012. American artist. and Pictured is a lithographic bird print completed by Hugh Hirtle, an American wildlife artist. The bird featured is a Bald Eagle, a species of bird native to North America. In the...
Berto Lardera (1911-1989). Italian artist. and This is an impressed print on paper. It consists of geometric shapes layered over each other. The shapes are mostly black, but there is a square of navy blue in the top left corner...
This work is a printed engraving. It's main subject in a side profile of a rearing unicorn. The unicorn stands in a jar that has been pressed into the paper. The inside of the jar is gray, and the unicorn is depicted through...
Gerald Lubeck (1942-2019). American artist. and This work is a printed engraving. It's main subject in a side profile of a rearing unicorn. The unicorn stands in a jar that has been pressed into the paper. The inside of the jar...
This work is a landscape painting in oil paint. It depicts a path going through trees in autumn. The piece is done in a realistic style, though there is a slight blurred effect due to the blending of colors. The piece is done...
Ray Harm (1926-2015). American artist. and Print by Ray Harm, it is titled Feeder Group. Pictured are three birds feeding, one is a White Breasted Nuthatch, the other a Tufted Titmouse, and the last to the right is a Carolina...
A rectangular print in black and white. Multiple figures are portrayed through organic shapes and flowing lines. Geometric shapes fill the background. Hatching and crosshatching provide texture throughout the image. It is print...
This a lithographic print in black and white. Multiple realistically drawn figures are depicted across the image. The background is dark and highly textured, and the figures on the right side of the foreground are highly...
Painting is titles First Snow by Albert Saverys. It captures a towns reaction to the first snowfall in winter. The joy is seen by small figures representing children, sleds are being pulled, and the rooftops are covered with...
Pictured is a watercolor painting by Edgar Forkner, an American pioneer in regional painting. It features a vase with a large bouquet of flowers with a light shining down. There is lack of negative space in this painting which...
This print is abstract and had lithographic features. Some line strokes are inconsistent in thickness and reveal bleeding of the ink which suggests it was underneath pressure, or the result of a relief. and Joan Miro...
This piece is a color aquatint print. The rectangular print is comprised majorly of geometric shapes. There is balanced usage of both bright and neutral colors. The shapes throughout the piece are highly textured. Thin linework...
This work is a color print depicting four purple tulips with green stems. The background of the work is blue. The flowers are depicted in a stylized manner. This work is a print based on a watercolor painting from 1915. In the...
A circular print in black and white. A man and a serpent are visible through use of energetic, loose lines. The dark gray background is textured and contrasts the lighter foreground shape. This piece is part of Rico Lebrun's...
This is a lithographic print on paper. The majority of the work is black, though the paper shows through at some points in thin lines, and there are four orange shapes across the piece. The white lines created by the paper form...
Jean Arp (1886-1966). French/German artist. and This work is a rectangular color lithograph comprised primarily of neutral colors. The background of the work is gray. There is one large black circle near the bottom of the...
Alan Long (1968-1972) and Piece appears to be the silhouette of a man playing the guitar in a dim room. It could be an effect on the image when moved to the canvas, the mahogany film over the image suggests there may have been...
Rich Ernsting (1947-). American artist. and Print is a copy of a painting by Rich Ernsting, an American painter living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The piece is titled Hanover, A View to Remember. It features the Hanover College...
Pictured is a portrait of Harvey W. Wiley, also known as the "Father of the Pure Food Law". Harvey Wiley served on the Board of Directors for Hanover College for 30 years and has a dormitory in his name. The portrait of Harvey...
Thomas Gordon. American artist. Gordon was a professor of Art at Hanover from 1959-1966. and A rectangular screen print in color. The majority of the image includes different shades of warm browns and oranges, though there are...
The work is almost a square, though it is slightly longer than it is wide. There is high contrast of black and white throughout the piece. The two major shapes are a house in the background and a tree in the foreground. The...
George Inness (1825-1894). American artist. and Lithograph of a painting. This landscape is a long horizontal rectangle, and it is a color lithograph on paper. The light colored orange background contrasts the darker greens of...
Frances Myers (1936-2014). American artist. and This print is the 23rd print of a 25 print series by Frances Myers, it is titled House Beautiful. After looking at a print earlier in the collection, one could notice the loss of...
Print was created for the French publication "Derriere le Miroir" No. 188. The room pictured is personified without the need for all body parts or a face. Within the print there are various adaptations of shoes and legs. and...
Etching from the book "La Belle-enfant, ou L'Amour à quarante ans" by Eugène Montfort, 1930. Includes 94 etching bys Dufy. Published by Ambroise Vollard in Paris. Etching shows boats in a wharf with a large building in the...
This piece is a part of a silk screen printing series, it is the seventh of fourteen prints. The title is Illinois Landscape Dusk, which appears to be by Dorothea Bilder. It utilizes a pastel color palette with muted greens and...
This print, Interior Rouge is the 119th of a 120 print series by Gustave Singier. This print does not have overlapping shapes or colors, they are sectioned off almost like a quilt. The primary colors present are warm with...
This work is comprised of black and red geometric shapes. The paper behind the image is also used as an element, causing the piece to appear as if it uses black, red, and white. The lines are straight and clean, and the shapes...
Pictured is an authentic Kente Cloth from Bonwire, near Kumasi, Ghana. It features a green vine with birds running along the length of the cloth. This artist is unknown, but it was purchased for the college in 1997 by Tara...
Ray Harm (1927- 2015). American Artist and Pictured is a lithographic print completed by Ray Harm. The bird featured is a common Kestrel, a type bird belonging to the Falcon family. In the image the Kestrel can be seen going...
Joan Miro (1893-1983). Spanish artist. and A long, horizontal rectangle. It includes a balance of bright primary and secondary colors. There are three shapes drawn with loose black lines across the piece. The shapes throughout...
Lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, titled La pierre au trois croquis (The Stone with Three Sketches), ca. 1904. From Twelve Original Lithographs by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Douze lithographies originales de Pierre-Auguste...
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Spanish artist and From A Los Toros avec Picasso. Dated 6.3.61.I in the stone. Published by Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo: Printed by Mourlot Studio, Paris.
Charley Harper (1922-2007). American artist. and This is a rectangular serigraph print on paper. The main subject of the work is a red lady bug with two dots mirroring each other across it body. The head of the lady bug is...
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Spanish artist. and Etching by Pablo Picasso show a face, from the book "L'Age de Soleil" (The Sun Age) by Robert J. Godet, 1950. Inscription is backwards on plate. Restrike.
Pictured is an abstract landscape by John Whitlock, 1968 Greiner Award winner. It is a large scale painting with white negative space on either side of the landscape portions of the painting.
Pictured is a landscape painting by T.C Steele, an American Impressionist painter. It is titled Late Autumn on the Whitewater. It depicts a river scene in Indiana near the Whitewater River. The foreground, midground, and...
This work is a landscape painting depicting a path through the woods. The trees surrounding the path are brightly colored in light greens and pinks, and they indicate that this scene is occurring in Spring. The trees in the...
This work is a large abstracted drawing comprised of many bright colors and organic shapes. The work is mostly done in cool colors, though is contrasting warm colors throughout. Many small details are included throughout the...
Ray Harm (1927- 2015). American Artist. and Pictured is a lithographic print completed by Ray Harm. The birds featured are Lazuli Buntings, a small species of song bird on native to North America. The frame to this piece...
A rectangular print in black and white. High contrast is used and the face appears illuminated due to the dark background, as well as the dark clothing on the figure. The etching technique gives an energetic look to the organic...
This work is an aquatint print in color. It includes thick textured black and gray lines that create an organic, abstracted shape across the piece. Other organic shapes in red, green, and yellow are included across the work. It...
Joan Miro (1893-1983). Spanish artist. and This work is a color aquatint print on paper. It includes a balance of warm and cool colors. The background is comprised of different values of and shades of green. The included shapes...
Rectangular print with balanced usage of primary and secondary colors. Dark outlines surround the shapes of the included images. Two figures, one smaller and one larger, stand next to each other in ballerina costumes. Both the...
Piece is a welded steel woman figure titled Dancer by Jesus Mendes. Figure is about two feet tall. There are points in the sculpture where the mending of steel can be seen, such as the back and hip area. The arms are stretched...