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Dale Bessire (1892–1974) “Evening In the Hills”
Dale Philip Bessire was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 14, 1892. His family moved to Indianapolis where he attended Shortridge High School. His art teacher, Roda Sellick, after seeing Dale’s natural talent as editor of the high school annual, inspired him to pursue art. During the summers, he took classes at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis under Clifton Wheeler and William Forsyth. His father sent him to the University of Chicago to study business but his real interest was in the art classes there. After two years, his father brought him back home to make him part of the family baking business. Dale and a friend walked to Brown County where he found the natural beauty that had already attracted T.C. Steele, Adolph Shulz and other artists to the area. He found a thirty acre apple orchard for sale at the edge of Nashville and quickly worked out an arrangement with his two uncles to buy the orchard and move to Brown County with his wife, Ruth, and young son Philip in 1914. He and Ruth raised three children and were always busy with the orchard and active in the community. He gradually found time to study with Steele and spend time with the other artists coming there. He soon developed his own palette and became famous for his landscapes with the blue/violet opalescent haze. A founding member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association in 1926, he was also a founder of the Brown County Art Guild. Other memberships were the Hoosier Salon, Chicago Galleries Association, Florida Federated Arts Clubs and Hoosier Salon Patrons’ Association.
Dale Philip Bessire was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 14, 1892. His family moved to Indianapolis where he attended Shortridge High School. His art teacher, Roda Sellick, after seeing Dale’s natural talent as editor of the high school annual, inspired him to pursue art. During the summers, he took classes at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis under Clifton Wheeler and William Forsyth. His father sent him to the University of Chicago to study business but his real interest was in the art classes there. After two years, his father brought him back home to make him part of the family baking business. Dale and a friend walked to Brown County where he found the natural beauty that had already attracted T.C. Steele, Adolph Shulz and other artists to the area. He found a thirty acre apple orchard for sale at the edge of Nashville and quickly worked out an arrangement with his two uncles to buy the orchard and move to Brown County with his wife, Ruth, and young son Philip in 1914. He and Ruth raised three children and were always busy with the orchard and active in the community. He gradually found time to study with Steele and spend time with the other artists coming there. He soon developed his own palette and became famous for his landscapes with the blue/violet opalescent haze. A founding member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association in 1926, he was also a founder of the Brown County Art Guild. Other memberships were the Hoosier Salon, Chicago Galleries Association, Florida Federated Arts Clubs and Hoosier Salon Patrons’ Association.