John Barton Gruelle was born in Arcola, Illinois, on December 24,1880, and at age 2 moved with his family to Indianapolis, Indiana, where his painter father, Richard Gruelle, became associated with the Hoosier Group of painters.
John Barton Gruelle was born in Arcola, Illinois, on December 24,1880. A the age of two, he moved with his family to Indianapolis, Indiana, where his father, Richard Gruelle, who was a painter, became associated with the Hoosier Group of painters.