Artist Keywords

Richard Buckner Gruelle

Richard Buckner Gruelle (1851 - 1914) was active/lived in Indiana, New York.  Richard Gruelle is known for Landscape, portrait and marine painting.

The following, submitted September 2002, is from material developed for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tom Davis.

Though a great lover of nature and the outdoors, Richard Gruelle had painting as the driving force in his life. "The fragrance of sweet jasmine in the woods was not so sweet as the smell of new canvas and new tubes of color."

Believing in "art for the heart's sake," Gruelle felt the artist had "the duty of carrying the gospel of encouragement and uplift to all; to awaken a love and understanding of the beautiful and pure; and to so animate the impulse of this awakening as to bring its influence to bear on things of daily experience." (Gruelle, as quoted by Mary Q. Burnet, Art and Artists of Indiana, (New York, The Century Company, 1921), 185, 195)

Called by Jacob Dunn, in his History of Greater Indianapolis, "the most absolutely untaught artist who ever did really good work in the vicinity," ( 485), Richard G   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12019 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 130 auction lots for Richard Buckner Gruelle (of which 119 auction records sold and 1 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 4 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Richard Buckner Gruelle as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Richard Buckner Gruelle in 1 of its research Essays. Richard Buckner Gruelle has 19 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Richard Buckner Gruelle available:    Otto Stark,  Will Vawter,  John Elwood Bundy,  William J Forsyth,  Georges La Chance,  Marie Goth,  John Ottis Adams,  Frederik Grue,  Varaldo Cariani,  Carl Graf,  Dale Bessire,  Glenn (Glen) Cooper Henshaw,  Lucie (Lucille) Hartrath,  Edward K Williams,  Leota Williams Loop,  Claude Curry Bohm,  Adolph Robert Shulz,  Ada Walter Shulz,  Homer Davisson,  Maude Eggemeyer,  Anthony Buchta,  George Joseph Mess,  John Hardrick,  Clifton Wheeler