A Bibliography
The books listed in this reading guide are intended to represent the collection of all known key literary works on T.C. Steele, as well as adjunct works that inform the knowledge and literacy of those interested in T.C. Steele and his work.
Primary
The House of the Singing Winds – The Life and Work of T.C. Steele
Selma N. Steele, Theodore L. Steele, Wilbur D. Peat
1966, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Hoosier Group – Five American Painters
William H. Gerdts, Judith Vale Newton, Jane and Henry Eckert
1985, Eckert Publications, Indianapolis, Indiana
ISBN: 0-9614992-0-6
Memorial Exhibition: Theodore C. Steele 1847-1926
Catalog, 40 pages
Art Association of Indianapolis
1926, Indianapolis, Indiana
Paint and Canvas: A Life of T.C. Steele
Rachel Berenson Perry
2012, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana
ISBN-13: 978-087-0871952950
Teacher Resource for Paint and Canvas, A Life of T.C. Steele
Developed by Elaine G. Rosa, from book Paint and Canvas, A Life of T.C. Steele by Rachael Berenson Perry, for the Indiana Historical Society Press publication, Indiana Historical Society.
The Passage: Return of Indiana Painters from Germany 1880-1905
Martin Krause
1990, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
ISBN: 0-936260-52-1
Realities and Impressions: Indiana Artists in Munich 1880-1890
Martin Krause
1985, Indianapolis Museum of Art
(exhibit catalog – no ISBN#)
Theodore Clement Steele – An American Master of Light
William H. Gerdts
2006, Chameleon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0915829668
T.C. Steele and the Society of Western Artists, 1896-1914
Rachel Berenson Perry
2009, Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0253352934
The House of the Singing Winds – The Life and Work of T.C. Steele¹
Rachel Berenson Perry, Selma N. Steele, Theodore L. Steele, Wilbur D. Peat
2016, Indiana Historical Society Press, Indianapolis, Indiana
ISBN-13: 978-0871953988
¹First published by the Indiana Historical Society in 1966, this Special Edition has been published as part of Indiana’s bicentennial which included a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Steele and publication of the special edition of The House of the Singing Winds
Secondary
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
Judith Vale Newton and Carol Weiss
Hoosier Salon Patrons Association
Indianapolis, Indiana 1993
ISBN: 0-9638360-0-5
Art and Artists of Indiana
Mary Q. Burnet
1921, The Century Co. New York*
ArtSmart: Indiana Resource Catalog 2015
The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
This 90 page catalog is a teaching aid for 4th grade students. The catalog covers a wide range of Indiana Artists and was Legacy Project by the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Commission. T.C. Steele is featured on page 76 & 77.
Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios
Valerie A. Balint, June 2, 2020, Princeton Architectural Press, New York
ISBN-13: 978-1616897734
Note: T.C. Steele State Historic Site, pages 174-179
Gustave Baumann – Views of Brown County
Martin Krause
2018, Pomegranate, Portland, Oregon
ISBN-13: 978-0764982088
A History of Waveland, Indiana
Virginia Banta Sharpe
1958, Wabash Valley Printing Company, Montezuma, Indiana
ISBN-10: 1258470667
ISBN-13: 978-1258470661
Note: one bound copy, reference for on-site use only at Waveland-Brown Township Public Library, Waveland, Indiana
J. Ottis Adams: A Sense of Place
Ned H. Griner
1992, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana
ISBN: 0-9623291-5-0
Painting Indiana: Portraits of Indiana’s 92 Counties
Anne Bryan Carter, Lyle Denney, James Edward May
Indiana University Press, 1st Edition, February 1, 2000
ISBN-10: 0253336929
ISBN-13: 978-0253336927
Pioneer Painters of Indiana
Wilbur David Peat
Indianapolis Art Association of Indianapolis, 1954
Hardcover
Reissued: Literacy Licensing, LLC
Paperback, 324 pages
April 28, 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1258314828
Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana, 1800-1943
Wilbur David Peat, Director of the John Herron Art Museum
1944, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
432 pages
Reprint: August 3, 2018
Revised and updated by Diane Gail Lazarus, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Lana Ruegamer, Indiana Historical Society
ISBN-13: 978-0266940449
Rescued & Restored
Edited by Tina Conner (author), Foreword by Hon. Randall T. Shepard (Author), Intro by Marsh Davis (Author), April 24, 2020, Indiana Landmarks, Indianapolis
ISBN:-13: 978-1734202700
Note: T.C. Steele boyhood home, Waveland Indiana, page 126
The Art of Healing: The Wishard Art Collection
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Essays by Katherine C. Nagler and Hester Anne Hale
Indianapolis Historical Society with Wishard Memorial Foundation
March 22, 2004, Hardcover, 96 pages
ISBN 13:9780871951717
The Artists of Brown County
Lyn Letsinger-Miller
1994, Quarry Books
ISBN-13: 978-0253333544
The Autobiography of Gustave Baumann
Martin Krause
2015, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Pomegranate, Oregon
ISBN-13: 978-076497121
Masterworks from the Indiana University Art Museum
Adelheid M. Gealt
Indiana University Art Museum,
in Association with Indiana University Press
Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-253-35069-5
Note: T.C. Steele, featured on pps. 300, 301, The Boatman, 1884
The Richmond Art Museum History and Collection
William H. Gerdts, Kathleen D. Glynn
Richmond Art Museum
Richmond, Indiana, 2003
ISBN: 0-9742708-0-6
Note: T.C. Steele, featured on pps. 18, 19, 51, Whitewater Valley near Metamora, 1894
The Richmond Group Artists
Thomas Dingwerth
Indiana University Press
Bloomington & Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014
Richmond Art Museum, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-253-01198-5
Note: T.C. Steele, featured, Brown County art colony, pg. 3; first acquisition by Richmond Art Association, pg. 37; in Hoosier Group, pps. 17, 24, 33; inaugural Mary T.R. Foulke Prize, 135; as St Louis World’s Fair judge and exhibitor, pps. 50-53, 62
Indiana Legends: Famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman
4th Edition, Nelson Price
Emmis Books, 2005
ISBN: 13: 978-0983199465
Note: (T.C. Steele featured on pages 83-85)
Note: If you are aware of book on T.C. Steele that does not appear on this listing, please let us know!