Richard Gruelle

Richard Gruelle painted Indiana’s landscapes at the turn of the 19th century in an Impressionistic style. Unlike the other members of The Hoosier Group, Gruelle did not formally train in European art schools—in fact, he did not train at any formal art academies and was entirely self-taught. Born in Kentucky, Gruelle moved around the North East before settling in Indiana in the 1880s. In another deviation from the Hoosier Group, Gruelle often traveled to the East Coast to paint marine landscapes and was not strictly a painter of Indianian landscapes. His work gained recognition when he was included in an exhibition of the five Hoosier artists in Chicago. While he is most remembered for his Indianian landscapes, his marine scenes from the East Coast are his most revered.