About Evelynne Daily

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Evelynne Charlene Mess
  • Biography

    Active in Indianapolis, Indiana art circles in the mid 20th century as an etcher, painter, teacher, and organizer, Evelynne Daily was Director of the Brown County Art Gallery Association from 1962 to 1964, and 1969-1971.

    She was president of the Indiana Federation of Art Club, 1967-1969; and from 1940 to 1960, was instructor of painting and printmaking at Oxbow Acres Summer Art School in Brown County, Indiana.

    Her first husband was painter George Jo Mess, with whom she shared a studio in Indianapolis after their marriage in 1925. Daily was raised in that city by parents who were musicians, and although she too had musical talent, from the time she was a child she wanted to be an artist. Her parent...

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