Robert Wadsworth Grafton, born in Chicago in 1876, did his studies at the Chicago Academy of Design. He continued his work at this newly established institution soon to be known as the School of the... Read full biography
Robert Wadsworth Grafton, born in Chicago in 1876, did his studies at the Chicago Academy of Design. He continued his work at this newly established institution soon to be known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, like many of his colleagues, Grafton traveled to Europe to study at... Read full biography
Robert Wadsworth Grafton, born in Chicago in 1876, did his studies at the Chicago Academy of Design. He continued his work at this newly established institution soon to be known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, like many of his colleagues, Grafton traveled to Europe to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. Anxious to expand his art horizons he continued his studies in Holland and England, most likely between 1895 and 1905. Fine art in Europe was in a state of flux but this... Read full biography
Robert Wadsworth Grafton, born in Chicago in 1876, did his studies at the Chicago Academy of Design. He continued his work at this newly established institution soon to be known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, like many of his colleagues, Grafton traveled to Europe to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. Anxious to expand his art horizons he continued his studies in Holland and England, most likely between 1895 and 1905. Fine art in Europe was in a state of flux but this was an exciting period in the history of European art. Post-impressionist developments, including pointillism, neo-impressionism, Symbolism, and the decadent movement, were all flourishing, along with the earliest forms of modernism. Impressionism... Read full biography
Robert Wadsworth Grafton, born in Chicago in 1876, did his studies at the Chicago Academy of Design. He continued his work at this newly established institution soon to be known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, like many of his colleagues, Grafton traveled to Europe to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. Anxious to expand his art horizons he continued his studies in Holland and England, most likely between 1895 and 1905. Fine art in Europe was in a state of flux but this was an exciting period in the history of European art. Post-impressionist developments, including pointillism, neo-impressionism, Symbolism, and the decadent movement, were all flourishing, along with the earliest forms of modernism. Impressionism had already become old fashioned, aesthetes were advocating "Art for Art's Sake," and the academic tradition was s... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South
2015
Pollack, Deborah C.
400 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996
Delehanty, Randolph
292 pages (color)
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
Downriver Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950
1991
Pennington, Estill Curtis
208 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana 1800-1978
1978
Peat, Wilbur D
104 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index