Carl Graf

Carl Christopher Graf (September 27, 1892 – 1947) was an American impressionist painter from Indiana. Graf was known for having been an artist in the Hoosier Group and a participant in the City Hospital mural project.

Biography Carl Christopher Graf grew up in Bedford, Indiana. Shortly after he graduated from Bedford High School, he began working for the Bedford Daily Democrat, sketching cartoons for the paper. After working with the Bedford Daily Democrat, Graf enrolled at the John Herron Art Institute.

Career Graf began his career as an artist after graduating high school with the Bedford Daily Democrat. He sketched drawings for the Bedford Daily Democrat as a cartoonist. Shortly after, Graf left to enroll at the John Herron Art Institute for classes in sculpture and portrait painting. Graf became heavily involved with the City Hospital Project in 1914, and was one of the artists that lived in the hospital through the duration of the project. Graf, along with several members of the Hoosier Group, made frequent trips to Brown County to paint the Brown County landscape. Graf eventually settled in Brown County, marrying Genevieve Goth, the sister of another Brown County artist, Marie Goth. Carl Graf died in 1947 at the age of 54.