Nancy Noel Obituary | Nancy Noel Death – Nancy Noel Cause Of Death | Dies – Passed Away

Nancy Noel Death / Obituary | Nancy Noel Cause Of Death – Dead – Dies | Died – Passed Away 

Nancy Noel Death / Obituary – A great children and animal artist, Nancy Noel was pronounced dead at her Zionsville home on August 16, 2020, after two years battle with cancer.

Nancy Noel died at the age of 74, after she lost her great battle to cancer. Our prayers, thoughts condolences are with the loved ones of the deceased for the great loss. All further details concerning this news will be updated upon confirmation, below is Nancy Noel Obituary.

Obituary

Nancy Noel passed away at her home in Zionsville on August 16th, 2020, surrounded by family and friends. A celebrated and prolific artist, Nancy was one of the area’s most famous residents.

Born to Jerome Noel and Louise Hanley, Nancy was raised in a large and prominent Indianapolis family. Her grandfather was William Hanley, an early top executive at Eli Lilly, and a gifted engineer who designed and patented innovative production advancements of the gelcap.

After attending St. Mary’s of Notre Dame and graduating with an art degree from Mount St. Joseph University, Nancy pursued an art career to the chagrin of her parents. She became well known locally, sketching portraits at the Penrod Arts Fair for $35 dollars apiece and opening the Noel Gallery in Broad Ripple, where she sold other artists’ work. It soon became a status symbol to have a Noel portrait of your child above the fireplace.  Nancy began working in oil paints and continued to create portraits of animals and children.

By the 1980s, Nancy was publishing prints, which became so popular with art distributors that she decided to venture into the distribution business herself.  She was among the very first artists to buy ads in leading lifestyle magazines of the day, such as Town & Country and Country Living magazines. She went by the name “N.A. Noel” during an era in which female artists were not taken as seriously as their male counterparts. By the 1990s, Nancy had become recognized internationally for her paintings of animals, Amish Life, Angels, and African peoples, among other subjects.

Nancy was known for her enormous creative energy, often working in the middle of the night and painting on several canvases in the same day. Throughout her career, Nancy created over 1,000 original works, sold millions of prints, published eight books, and established Noel Studio, a brand that rigorously protects the value and authenticity of Nancy’s reproductions for collectors. Her artwork hangs in the homes of world leaders and celebrities and has been used to commemorate major events and organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Noel Studio open houses, where Nancy signed prints for collectors, would often draw thousands of people and long lines.

In the 1970s, Nancy purchased a piece of property in Zionsville, where she kept her beloved horse, El Kadere. After marrying Gerald Kosene, they built a house and additional barns on the property and called it Llandfair Farm. Over the following decades, “Llandfair” became home to dozens of animals, from horses and llamas, to raccoons and pigs, and many adopted others. As a longtime champion of animals and children, Nancy brought them together by creating animal therapy programs for the disabled. In Africa, where Nancy traveled extensively, she became active in rescuing the endangered rhino population, and later established the N.A. Noel pre-school in southern Kenya. Besides painting and riding horses, Nancy loved spending her days at Llandfair, often followed around by a motley group of animals.

While she was raised Catholic, Nancy did not consider herself “religious.” Spirituality became a more dominant subject in her later work. An ethereal, even mystical, expression came through in her paintings. She was drawn to the mystery of unseen powers, the presence of guiding spirits, and the conflict between love and fear.

Nancy is survived by her two sons, Alexander Noel-Kosene (Inés Chouciño Storani) and Michael Noel-Kosene (Julie Mahomed); her siblings, Irma Rand (Jim), Louise Malachowski (Bob), Carol Noel (David Lohman), Bill Noel (Jane), and sister-in-law, Michele Noel (brother, Jerome Noel-predeceased); her grandchildren, Hugo Chouciño-Kosene and Miriam Anne Kosene; her fiancé, George Mast; her longtime friend, Kathy Pierle; and the many animals of Llandfair Farm.

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Reactions And Sharing On Nancy’s Passing

RIP Nancy Noel pic.twitter.com/ke3MvN3euc

— David Leonards (@Agent3612) August 20, 2020

Sad news about local artist and author Nancy Noel who has passed away at the age of 74. RIP.

— WWPL (@WWPL46074) August 19, 2020

So very sad to read that Nancy Noel has left us. Loved her art. Godspeed lovely human.

— Denise Hayden (@Denise_Hayden) August 20, 2020

In the culture news rush from yesterday, please let @317lindquist, @cherylvjackson and me recap:
? the loss of artist Nancy Noel
? loss of a Mass Ave theater
? a distillery’s expansion into Westfield
? Indy 500 singing surgeons
? new locations of I Heart Mac & Cheese

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— Domenica Bongiovanni (@DomenicaReports) August 20, 2020

It is with heavy hearts we announce that Nancy Noel passed away on August 16th, after a two year battle with cancer. Nancy’s spirit lives on in her work and the many lives she touched as an inspiring figure, mentor, and philanthropist.

As the custodian of her legacy, Noel Studio will continue to keep this Facebook page active with images and stories that speak to the soul of Nancy Noel and the subjects she was passionate about. We will be exploring her life’s journey and the messages within her art, as well as revisiting the evolution of her career through her early and unseen work.

Each of Nancy’s paintings was created for the ages. As we must go bravely into the future, join us for a look back at the life’s work of an American Master Artist.

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