GRUELLE, RICHARD BUCKNER: 1851-1914.
Richard Buckner Gruelle , father of the well-known author and illustrator, John Barton Gruelle, and himself an outstanding Indiana artist, was born at Cynthiana, Ky., on Feb. 22, 1851.
He came to Indianapolis in 1879, after living in Illinois for a time, and opened a studio. Self-taught, he had hard going in his early years but eventually established himself and enjoyed a considerable contemporary reputation. He was a close friend of James Whitcomb Riley.
He moved to New York in 1905 but returned and died at his home in Indianapolis on Nov. 8, 1914. His wife, Alice Benton Gruelle, died in 1935.
Information from the Indiana State Library.
- Notes: Critical and Biographical.
Indianapolis, 1895.
