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Will Vawter (1871–1941) “Brown County Homeland”
John William Vawter was born in Boone County, West Virginia in 1871 and moved with his family to Greenfield, Indiana in 1877. He began his career as a self-taught illustrator in Greenfield where he was chosen by James Whitcomb Riley to illustrate his story “Little Orphan Annie” as well as many of Riley’s other books. Will met his wife Mary, also an artist, through Riley and she convinced Will to move to Brown County in 1908 to turn their attentions to landscape painting. They purchased 57 acres on Town Hill overlooking Nashville and remodeled an old farm house and barn. Will was a peace loving and happy man getting to know everyone around while Mary was a troubled woman who never was accepted by the other artists or local residents. They were divorced in 1923 and Will moved into town where he turned his full attention to landscape painting. He was known for his bold, impressionist style and in 1925, he exhibited and won the prize for best winter scene at the first Hoosier Salon exhibit. He was a charter member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association beginning in 1926 and also was a member of the Chicago Galleries Association. He won many prizes at the Hoosier Salon and was honored with a one-man show there in 1932. He married Ola Genolin in 1923 and they built a house and studio on Locust Lane next to some of the other artists in the Brown County Art Colony. Ola and Will traveled throughout the U.S. for many years with Will painting as they traveled. He had no children of his own, but he loved laughing and being playful with all the children of the county. He died suddenly from pneumonia in 1941.
John William Vawter was born in Boone County, West Virginia in 1871 and moved with his family to Greenfield, Indiana in 1877. He began his career as a self-taught illustrator in Greenfield where he was chosen by James Whitcomb Riley to illustrate his story “Little Orphan Annie” as well as many of Riley’s other books. Will met his wife Mary, also an artist, through Riley and she convinced Will to move to Brown County in 1908 to turn their attentions to landscape painting. They purchased 57 acres on Town Hill overlooking Nashville and remodeled an old farm house and barn. Will was a peace loving and happy man getting to know everyone around while Mary was a troubled woman who never was accepted by the other artists or local residents. They were divorced in 1923 and Will moved into town where he turned his full attention to landscape painting. He was known for his bold, impressionist style and in 1925, he exhibited and won the prize for best winter scene at the first Hoosier Salon exhibit. He was a charter member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association beginning in 1926 and also was a member of the Chicago Galleries Association. He won many prizes at the Hoosier Salon and was honored with a one-man show there in 1932. He married Ola Genolin in 1923 and they built a house and studio on Locust Lane next to some of the other artists in the Brown County Art Colony. Ola and Will traveled throughout the U.S. for many years with Will painting as they traveled. He had no children of his own, but he loved laughing and being playful with all the children of the county. He died suddenly from pneumonia in 1941.