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The Old Cabin
C. Curry Bohm (1894–1971) “The Old Cabin”

 

 

BohmC. Curry Bohm was born in Nashville, Tennessee on October 19, 1894 but grew up in New Orleans. He studied at the National Academy, with Edward F. Timmons.   He and his wife Lillian moved to Chicago so Curry could study at the Art Institute.  He opened an art studio in Chicago after finishing his studies.  They made their first visit to Brown County in 1920, returning in the summers to paint until 1932 when they made Nashville their permanent home.  Curry was a charter member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association when it was formed in 1926 and a member of the Brown County Art Guild.  He was also a member or associate of the Hoosier Salon, Rockport Art Association in Rockport, Mass., the North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, Mass., the Chicago Palette and Chisel, and Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.  He received many awards including the Chicago Municipal Art League Prize, The Gold Medal in the Chicago Palette and Chisel in 1931, Frederick N. Vance Memorial Award from the Brown County Art Gallery, the Edward Rector Memorial from the Hoosier Salon, the Lawrence A. Downs Prize, the Hoosier Salon Summer Landscape Prize and a bronze medal at the 1940 Worlds Fair in San Francisco.  Impressionist seascapes and snow scenes became his trademark.

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