Anthony Droege retired as professor and coordinator of visual arts at Indiana University South Bend. He was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1943 and studied at Penn State University and the University of Iowa where he received an MFA degree.

His work falls into several categories, which reveal his wide-ranging creative sources and interests. Droege states, “The spirit of inquiry and search is the backbone of my need for expression. I believe creating art is first and foremost a spiritual activity.”

Over the years Anthony Droege has received numerous awards while exhibiting his paintings and drawings in numerous venues; one-person shows and group, invitational, and competitive exhibitions. Some of the most significant exhibitions are the United States Art for the Embassy Program, J.B. Speed Art Museum, American Painters in Paris, Indiana-Illinois Bicentennial Painting Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Storm King Art Center, Butler Institute of American Art, Penn State University’s ‘Living American Artists and the Landscape’.

Droege’s work is represented in over 1200 public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad. These collections include the Kemper Insurance Company, Santa Fe Institute of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, South Bend Museum of Art, Indiana University, University of Iowa, and the Midwest Museum of Art.