John Ottis Adams, American Impressionist Painter, 1851-1927. Specialized in painting the rural landscapes of Indiana. Also painted portraits and copies of the masters in the National Gallery in London. John Ottis Adams was best known as a nature-loving artist. A landscape painter who was a key member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana painters, Adams was, along with William Forsyth and Theodore Steele, committed to depicting his own native region. Typically their early work was peasant genre in dark tonalism, but in the 1890s, it became much lighter in the manner of the impressionists, and these artists were for many years the premier impressionist painters of the Midwest.
In Poppyland 55.88 cm * 81.28 cm oil on canvas
In the Whitwater Valley 55.88 cm * 82.55 cm oil on canvas
The Closing of an Autumn Day 1901 48.26 cm * 71.12 cm oil on canvas
The Glimmerglass of the Mississinewa 1895 50.8 cm * 76.2 cm oil on canvas