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Hoosier School

Continental Hoosier Art Deco Kitchen Cabinet, circa 1930s
Located in Faversham, GB
Hoosier’ pine kitchen cabinet with fabulous Art Deco appeal to its rounded corners and edges
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20th Century Belgian Art Deco Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Pine, Wood

A Charming Lithograph by Children's Book Illustrator, Jo Poulson
Located in Chicago, IL
the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and in 1929, she moved to Chicago to become an
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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Children Playing
By Elba Louisa Riffle
Located in Wiscasset, ME
studied at the John Herron Art Institute and School of Art and Design. Riffle was a member of the Hoosier
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1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Nantucket, Massachusetts" Helen Goodwin, American Impressionism Docks at Harbor
Located in New York, NY
also attended summer classes at the Shinnecock Summer School of William Merritt Chase. Goodwin
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Canvas

Clif McChesney, Abstract Expressionist, Watercolor
Located in Detroit, MI
Chihuly glass accompanied the McChesney painting installation. A Hoosier by birth, he studied at
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Clif McChesney "Untitled" Abstract Expressionist
Located in Detroit, MI
McChesney painting installation. A Hoosier by birth, he studied at professional schools in Chicago before
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Road to Provincetown, " Henry MacGinnis, Massachusetts Landscape
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in New York, NY
. Exhibited: Trenton, New Jersey, School of Industrial Arts Provincetown by Professor MacGinnis, 1924. Henry
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large American Impressionist Brown County Indiana fauvist Colors
By Georges La Chance
Located in New York, NY
St. Louis Art School and exhibited at the Hoosier Salon. Lived in Indiana in the 1920's. This
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nashville at Sunrise
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
“Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of
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1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
. Zimmerman was an internationally known artist and professor emeritus of the Hartford Art School. Born April
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tableaux with Lobster, Pineapple and Clock
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
and professor emeritus of the Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl (Cramer
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Social Realist GREEN STAIRS Architectural Street Scene Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique 1930s Leon A Makielski Huron River Landscape Signed Etching 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
generation Americans at Giverny. Makielski's training might have been earlier influenced by the Hoosier
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Vintage 1930s Prints

Materials

Paper

Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Storms (At Sea)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Bavarian Flower Girls”
Located in Southampton, NY
Hoosier capital. Born in Dusseldorf on 23 August 1832, Lieber came to Indianapolis in 1854, where he
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1870s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spring Landscape with house and figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
PAFA (the Sara Kolb Danner Theatre there is named for her), Philadelphia School of Design for Women
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "Street Gossip"
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Surrealist Female Nude in Industrial Landscape Oil Painting, 1930s Modern
By Virginia True
Located in Denver, CO
Christian Science values. After graduation from high school in Hannibal, Missouri, she enrolled in the
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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By Örsjö Industri AB
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Textile

Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps
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Materials

Silk

1950's Amazing "Magic Box' Organiser Bureau Compact Plywood Ateliers Genestar
By Mummenthaler and Meier
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This 'Magic Box' organising desk has been produced by various manufactures in Europe in the 1950's and 1960's Commonly this desk is known as produced in Switzerland by Mummenthale...
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Materials

Oak, Plywood

Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
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21st Century and Contemporary American Bohemian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Solid Oak Wardrobe and Desk by Guillerme et Chambron, Edition Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Elegant and rare Wardrobe, armoire and secretary by French designers Guillerme and Chambron featuring leather straps holding the desk tray. The iconic wardrobe is in overall good...
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Materials

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Antique French Oil on Canvas Stag Hunt Painting in Giltwood Frame, H. De Forges
Located in Dallas, TX
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Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paint, Canvas, Wood

USM Haller Credenza E2 Storage System
By Paul Schaerer, Usm Haller, Fritz Haller
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With four drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the USM...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Mid Century Retro circa 1950's Duck Egg Blue Kitchen Larder Cupboard or Unit
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very cool and collectable retro circa 1950’s duck egg blue kitchen larder cupboard. A good looking well made and decorative piece, it has a solid wo...
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Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Cupboards

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
19th century French still life oil on canvas, signed lower right, L. Benoist. Vineyard harvest theme with grape vines and baskets of peaches and plums. Frame: 41" W x 52" H x 2" D. C...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Woven Wicker Nantucket Handled Basket
Located in Atlanta, GA
This vintage Nantucket basket is hand made with native wood base, woven wicker body, pin accented rim and the handle is connected with traditional nantucket animal bone. Unmarked.
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Mid-20th Century Decorative Baskets

Materials

Wicker

Vintage Jose Reyes Nantucket Purse with Rosewood Top, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Jose Reyes Nantucket Purse with Rosewood Top, circa 1960s, an oval cane woven covered basket with fine rosewood top plate, shaped swing handle, carved bone peg and handle att...
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Rattan, Cane

19th Century Signed French Oil Painting Fisherfolk on the Shore Sunset Sunrise
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Custom Industrial Iron Base Teak Top Kitchen Island
Located in Sheffield, MA
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Industrial and Work Ta...

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Iron

French Impressionist Landscape, Antique Original Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Bristol, GB
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Early 20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of Antique French Framed Floral Oil Paintings
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of antique French framed floral oil paintings. Well executed pair of antique French floral oil paintings on wood in giltwood frames, circa 1920 or earlier. These beautiful 18th ...
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Early 20th Century French Romantic Paintings

Materials

Wood

Nantucket Basket by A.D. Williams (1867 - 1927), circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Nantucket Basket by A.D. Williams (Nantucket: 1867 - 1927), circa 1890, an oval open Nantucket basket with cane weave on oak staves, with his distinctive carved swing handle ...
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Antique 1890s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

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Cane, Oak

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LeRoy Neiman - Hoosier Hoopla 1975, Serigraph
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Hoosier Hoopla 1975, Medium: Serigraph Size: 35 x 27.5 inches, when
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Henry Ryan MacGinnis, Tiger Lillies, Oil on Canvas, 1930's
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in Doylestown, PA
under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. In 1900, MacGinnis left
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leroy Neiman Irish American Bar Serigraph Contemporary Art
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Hoosier Hoopla 1975, Medium: Serigraph Size: 35 x 27.5 inches, when
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Harborfront Reflections
By Gordon Benjamin Mess
Located in Wiscasset, ME
studied at the John Herron Art Institute under Randolph Coats and at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist Landscape Painting by William T. Turman Dated 1928
Located in Rochester, NY
and began teaching at Indiana State Normal School, also known as Teachers' State College (now Indiana
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Tiger Lillies, American Impressionist Floral Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Framed
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in Doylestown, PA
studies under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. At the age of
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiger Lillies, American Impressionist Floral Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in Doylestown, PA
studies under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. At the age of
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Social Realist GREEN STAIRS Architectural Street Scene Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl (Cramer
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

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By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
and professor emeritus of the Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
. Zimmerman was an internationally known artist and professor emeritus of the Hartford Art School. Born April
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hartford Art School. Born April 29, 1921, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert Frazee and Ethel Pearl
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Dressmakers Shop/Seamstress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
painter. She was a 1938 honors graduate of Arsenal Technical High School. Between 1938 and 1943, she was a
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Side Show Band
Located in Los Angeles, CA
INCHES Robert Edward Weaver 1913-1991 Education: Peru, Indiana Grade School and High School BFA
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

Portrait of Tommy Adams
By Simon Baus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hoosier Salon Indiana Artist's Club Annual Exhibition, 1949 (label) Note: A
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1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Glittering Waves
Located in Sheffield, MA
School of Art in Indianapolis with William Forsyth, one of the Hoosier Group, in 1908 -1909, 1911, 1913
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mount Le Conte (Smoky Mountains Tennessee Landscape Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Exhibited: John Herron AI, 1943 (prize); Hoosier Salon, 1928-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; Ind. State Fair
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Golf Trophy" Painting After George Brehm, Saturday Evening Post, June 6, 1925
By George Brehm
Located in New York, NY
Noblesville High School in 1898 and 1902 respectively, they went to Indiana University and other schools for
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Vintage 1920s American Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Vibrant Fall Colors at the Creek - Autumn Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
while working with watercolors in primary school, and went on to study more in depth in high school
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Home in the Hills
By Paula Raney Newman
Located in Soquel, CA
, she studied at the School of Museum of Fine Arts and Beacon Hill Art Center. Newman was a student of
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Sardine Boats, Brittany
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
“Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

'Still Life of Fruit with Carafe', African American Artist, Herron School of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American artist. Miles Raymond Hodson attended the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis from which he
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1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Henry Ryan MacGinnis, Rocky Acres, Oil on Masonite, 1928
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in Doylestown, PA
studies under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. In 1900, MacGinnis
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

In The Smoky Mountains
By Paul Turner Sargent
Located in Graton, CA
charter member of the Brown County Artist Association and exhibited at the Hoosier Salon for over twenty
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape
By Stanley Bielecky
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
he had a one-man show of oil paintings and watercolors at the Hoosier Salon, where he would continue
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Hoosier School For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact hoosier school you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Surrealist style, while we also have 3 Surrealist versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a hoosier school from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a hoosier school to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, beige, black, gray and more. A hoosier school from Paul Zimmerman, Louis Oscar Griffith, Henry Ryan MacGinnis, Miles R. Hodson and Georges La Chance — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and board — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Hoosier School?

A hoosier school can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,950, while the lowest priced sells for $1,250 and the highest can go for as much as $25,000.

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