Tim Engelland: Allegories Series

An exhibition of allegorical paintings and drawings by Tim Engelland. 

Born in Ames, Iowa, Tim Engelland (1950 – 2012) worked extensively in woodcuts and linocuts and specialized in oil paintings and landscapes. He grew up in Terre Haute, Ind. and attended Fairbanks Elementary. Engelland was a 1968 graduate of the Indiana State University’s Laboratory School, where he was mentored by John Laska. Engelland went on to receive a BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. He was a Norfolk Fellow at Yale University and received an MFA from Cornell University. He spent most of his career at Deerfield Academy, a preparatory school in Deerfield, Mass., where he taught art from 1976 until his return to Indiana in 2004.

In 1985, Engelland devoted significant time and energy to various allegorical depictions. The Allegories Series contains a blend of real and imaginary landscapes, and figures, both recognizable and symbolic. Depicted on large canvases, the paintings in the series portray a unique narrative in contrast to his more familiar portraits, pastoral landscapes, and still lifes.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.