Leota Williams Loop (American, 1893-1961), Rambler Roses and Delphinium

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, inscribed on the top stretcher, framed.

Stretcher size 30 x 36 in.; Frame dimensions 35 x 40 in.

Leota Williams Loop was an Indiana painter celebrated for her floral still lifes and landscapes. Born in Fountain City, she showed early talent and studied with notable Indiana artists including T.C. Steele, William Forsyth, and Will Vawter. A member of the Brown County Art Colony, Loop exhibited widely through the Hoosier Salon and state fairs, and in 1937 her painting Iris and Peonies was acquired for the Indiana Governor’s Mansion. She also taught art and fostered young talent from her home in Brown County. Even after a stroke left her partially blind, she continued to paint, later gifting a peony still life to the state of Indiana in honor of its state flower.

Light surface grime; minor bulge left of center.