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1891 Indianapolis, Indiana - 1968. Known for: Portrait, landscape, floral and genre painting.
The following biography is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis:. John Wesley Hardrick (September 21,1891-October 18, 1968) . John Hardrick"s... Read full biography
The following biography is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis:. John Wesley Hardrick (September 21,1891-October 18, 1968) . John Hardrick"s grandfather moved to Indianapolis around 1880 to escape the racism around his rural Kentucky farm. By 1888,... Read full biography
The following biography is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis:. John Wesley Hardrick (September 21,1891-October 18, 1968) . John Hardrick"s grandfather moved to Indianapolis around 1880 to escape the racism around his rural Kentucky farm. By 1888, John's father, Shepard Hardrick, had married Georgia Etta West and settled on South Prospect Street, where John was born in 1891. John showed a natural talent in art very early on, drawing by the age... Read full biography
The following biography is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis:. John Wesley Hardrick (September 21,1891-October 18, 1968) . John Hardrick"s grandfather moved to Indianapolis around 1880 to escape the racism around his rural Kentucky farm. By 1888, John's father, Shepard Hardrick, had married Georgia Etta West and settled on South Prospect Street, where John was born in 1891. John showed a natural talent in art very early on, drawing by the age of 6, doing watercolors at 8, and exhibiting some of his work at the age of 13 at a Negro Business League Convention here in town. One of his teachers at Harriet Beecher Stowe School was so impressed with his work that she showed it to local arts... Read full biography
The following biography is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis:. John Wesley Hardrick (September 21,1891-October 18, 1968) . John Hardrick"s grandfather moved to Indianapolis around 1880 to escape the racism around his rural Kentucky farm. By 1888, John's father, Shepard Hardrick, had married Georgia Etta West and settled on South Prospect Street, where John was born in 1891. John showed a natural talent in art very early on, drawing by the age of 6, doing watercolors at 8, and exhibiting some of his work at the age of 13 at a Negro Business League Convention here in town. One of his teachers at Harriet Beecher Stowe School was so impressed with his work that she showed it to local arts patron Herman Lieber, owner of an art supply store, who saw to it that John attended children's art classes at the John Herron School... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Barnyard Fowl, Chickens, Poultry, Roosters
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Industrial Scenes, Factories, Labor Genre and Figure
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Pastoral Landscape
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
Art Teacher
- •William Forsyth
Art School
- •John Herron Art Institute/School of Art and Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Harmon Foundation, Harlem
Exhibition of Special Group
- •American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940