Joseph Albert Trover 1915 - 2002 
Birthdate: February 26, 1915 Birth Place: Four Corners, Indiana, Vermillion County Indiana Hoosier Artist Career: 55 Years Art Education: Studied with Indiana Artists: Simon Baus, George Jomess, Curry Bohn, Edward Sitzman Art Leagues and Associations Member: Hoosier Art Salon Indianapolis Art League Hendricks Country Art League Plainfield Art League Brown County Art Association Hoosier Hills Art Association Southside Art League Fort Myers, Florida Art Association - Fort Myers, Florida Pine Island Art League - Pine Island, Florida Covered Bridge Art Association - Park County, Indiana Art Awards And Prizes: Albert E. Uhl Memorial Award - Hoosier Salon - 1961 Tri Kappa Purchase Prize - Hoosier Salon - 1965 Fine Arts Exhibitor Award - State House Salon - Indianapolis Nominated for the Traci Award - Met. Arts Council - 1978 Paintings displayed in Washington D.C. U.S. Senate Office Numerous State Fair Art Show Ribbons Numerous Art Show Awards in Brown County, Hendricks County, Clay County, Park County, Indianapolis; also, Fort Myers, and Pine Island, Florida. Permanent Collection Known Are: Kokomo Howard County Public Library - Kokomo, Indiana Methodist Hospital - Indianapolis, Indiana Dearborn County Hospital - Lawrenceburg, Indiana Brown County Art Barn - Bean Blossom, Indiana Churches, Restaurants and private collection in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Florida Art Instruction History: 40 Years Indiana: Mary Riggs Social Center - Indianapolis West Side Art Center - Indianapolis Lamplighter Art Studio - Indianapolis Speedway Art Association - Speedway Greenwood - South Side League Eli Lilly Recreation Center - Indianapolis Private Homes in Indianapolis area including the home of Marvin Kingery, and Dr. Edward Sarrano Numerous locations in Brown County, Clay County, Plainfield, Danville, Rockville, Terre Haute, and Brazil Private and Social Classes Outside Indiana: Illinois, Kentucky, Florida Judging of Art Shows: Indiana State Fair Senior Citizens Art Shows Plainfield Art League Shows Indianapolis Art League Shows Paris Art League Shows - Paris, Illinois Kentucky Art Shows Artists Guild of Indiana Demonstrations Given: Demonstration at every Art Association mentioned above plus many more (including) Sullivan Area Art Guild The Arts Studio in Brownsburg, Indiana Purdue University Avon, Indiana Black Curtain Dinner Theatre Wabash Valley Art Association Cape Coral Art League - Lee County, Florida Painted and displayed for Lyman Brothers Gallery - Downtown Indianapolis Labeled "Master of the Pallet Knife" by the students and associates of the South Side Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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The information on this website has been provided by the family of Joseph Trover. The family of Mr. Trover would like to let people know that there are some of his paintings out there that have been fraudulently signed by another artist. The family has possession of a Trover landscape in which the fraud even added a small fence to the scene, and then signed his name to the painting. Anyone who knows Mr. Trover's work can spot one of these right away. |