Otto Stark
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Otto Stark (1859-1926) was an American Impressionist painter who was considered to be a member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana artists.
He began his career as a commercial woodcarver's apprentice in Indianapolis until an ankle injury disabled him. In 1875, he went to Cincinnati where he worked as a lithographer and attended the Cincinnati Art Academy. He studied with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League of New York. In 1885, he entered Academie Julian in Paris.
His wife died in 1891, leaving him with four children. He worked again as a lithographer in Cincinnati until he returned to painting in 1894 when he opened a studio in Indianapolis. He taught art at Manual High School in Indianapolis and at the Herron School of Art from 1905-1919.
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- Burnet, Mary Q. Art and Artists of Indiana. New York; The Century Co., 1921.
- Newton, Judith Vale. The Hoosier Group: Five American Painters. Indianapolis: Eckert Pub., 1985.
- Peat, Wilbur D. Pioneer Painters of Indiana. Indianapolis: Art Assoc. of Indianapolis, 1954.
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