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Artist: Louis Oscar Griffith
Nashville at Sunrise
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nashville at Sunrise
Oil on canvas, mounted to archival resin board
Signed by the artist lower left
Provenance: Estate of the artist
By decent
A gorgeous Indiana Impressionist oil painting, done "plein air" (on location, outdoors)
Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club.
He made his first trip to Brown County...
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1920s Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Oil
Spring Landscape with house and figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spring Landscape with house and figure
A preliminary watercolor for a color aquatint, illustrated on line, title unknown
Signed lower left in block letters (see photo)
Watercolor and...
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1920s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Watercolor
Spring in Brown County
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spring in Brown County
Oil on canvas mounted on phenolic resin support, c. 1925
Signed lower right: L. O. Griffith (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Painti...
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1920s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Oil
Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois
Watercolor and graphite on paper , c. 1895
Signed in script lower right (see photo)
The scene depicts the Augustus Saint-Gaudens bro...
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1890s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Storms (At Sea)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Storm (At Sea)
Oil on board, c. 1908
Signed: L. O. Griffith lower left (see photo)
Titled on label verso
Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/4"
Frame: 10 x 12 x 1 1/2"
Provenan...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Oil
Sunbathing
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sunbathing
Etching and color aquatint on watermarked Umbria Italy paper, c. 1915
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo)
Annotated: "No. 6" in pencil lower left (see p...
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1910s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Noon Time Lull
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Noon Time Lull
Etching, c. 1930
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo)
Note: An image done in South Carolina.
An impression of this image is in the permanent collecti...
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1930s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Etching
Brittany Landscape with Figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brittany Landscape with Figure
Etching & color aquatint, c. 1920
Signed lower right (see photo)
Numbered lower left: "No. 21" (see photo)
An early ...
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1920s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Aquatint
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
Etching & Aquatint, c. 1930
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo)
Annotated "Trial Proof" in pencil lower left co...
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1930s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Aquatint
A Bit of New England
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Bit of New England
Oil on canvas,, 1908
Signed lower left corner: L. O. Griffith
Condition: Excellent
Canvas size: 26 x 38 inches
Frame size: 33 3/8 x 45 1/4 inches Note: origi...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Oil
Beauregard House, New Orleans
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) was an American painter known for his etchings, paintings, and aquatints of landscapes, especially scenes of Brown County, Indiana, New Orleans, LA and Texas. Griffith was born in Indiana in 1875 but later moved to Dallas, TX with his family. As a teen, he took art lessons with acclaimed landscape artist, Frank Reaugh...
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1910s Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Nashville in Winter
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nashville in Winter
Etching, c. 1928
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Very small edition
A rare image of early Nashville, Indiana
Excellent impression with plate tone in the sky
First state before the aquatint depicting a winter nocturne...
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1920s American Realist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Etching
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Graphite on laid paper
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by descent to his Grandson
Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn.
Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana
Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass
Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches
Louis Oscar Griffith
(1875-1956)
Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club.
He made his first trip to Brown County...
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Graphite
The Great Church, Nashville
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Great Church, Nashville
Etching & aquatint, c. 1936
Signed in pencil lower right
A very rare trial proof
Annotated "2" lower left corner recto
Three total impressions in the esta...
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1930s American Realist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Etching
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "Street Gossip"
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "Street Gossip"
Signed by the artist in pencil lower left
Graphite on tracing paper, 1916-1917
An impre...
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1910s American Impressionist Louis Oscar Griffith Art
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Graphite
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