Artwork Details
30-1/8 x 40-1/8 in. 34-7/8 x 45 x 2-3/4 in. (framed)
Accession NumberBequest of Delavan Smith
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteGallery Labels
Gallery Labels
- The title refers to a white, gauzy veil known as bloom that covers grapes at harvest time. Steele said the hazy, frosty days of late October and early November reminded him of the “bloom of the grape.”
- Although Steele was aware of contemporary art movements, he likely only encountered Impressionism in person at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Painted just after his visit, The Bloom of the Grape shifts Steele’s style toward Impressionism with its colorful violets complemented by yellows and oranges.
- One of Steele’s most celebrated landscapes, this painting received an honorable mention at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris and brought international attention to Indiana painting.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Back Home Again: The Return of Adams, Forsyth and Steele
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 17, 1998 - September 1, 1999
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