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1875 Greencastle, Indiana - 1956 Franklin, Indiana. Known for: Etcher, landscape, portrait, genre.
Louis Oscar Griffith was born on October 10, 1875 in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to etching, he was a painter of realistic landscape, portrait and genre, painting with Impressionist-influenced... Read full biography
Louis Oscar Griffith was born on October 10, 1875 in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to etching, he was a painter of realistic landscape, portrait and genre, painting with Impressionist-influenced color and broad, relatively loose brushwork. Griffith moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1893 to attend... Read full biography
Louis Oscar Griffith was born on October 10, 1875 in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to etching, he was a painter of realistic landscape, portrait and genre, painting with Impressionist-influenced color and broad, relatively loose brushwork. Griffith moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1893 to attend the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (attendance not confirmed by school records); he studied in Dallas with Frank Reaugh c. 1890; 1895-1896, 1896-1897, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in... Read full biography
Louis Oscar Griffith was born on October 10, 1875 in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to etching, he was a painter of realistic landscape, portrait and genre, painting with Impressionist-influenced color and broad, relatively loose brushwork. Griffith moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1893 to attend the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (attendance not confirmed by school records); he studied in Dallas with Frank Reaugh c. 1890; 1895-1896, 1896-1897, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the evenings; in 1908 in Paris and Brittany; as well as the National Academy of Design. Griffith, over the years, lived at various residences including 1875-1879 Greencastle, Indiana; 1879-1893 Dallas, Texas; 1893-1896 St. Louis; 1896-1922 Chicago;... Read full biography
Louis Oscar Griffith was born on October 10, 1875 in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to etching, he was a painter of realistic landscape, portrait and genre, painting with Impressionist-influenced color and broad, relatively loose brushwork. Griffith moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1893 to attend the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (attendance not confirmed by school records); he studied in Dallas with Frank Reaugh c. 1890; 1895-1896, 1896-1897, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the evenings; in 1908 in Paris and Brittany; as well as the National Academy of Design. Griffith, over the years, lived at various residences including 1875-1879 Greencastle, Indiana; 1879-1893 Dallas, Texas; 1893-1896 St. Louis; 1896-1922 Chicago; 1922-1956 Nashville, Indiana. He married Carolyn Maulsby in 1920. Griffith died November 13, 1956 in Franklin, Indiana.... Read full biography
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Keywords (41)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Brown County, Indiana
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Etchers
- •Hoosier Salon
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
Art Teacher
- •Frank Reaugh
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine art, Chicago
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •St. Louis School of Fine Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •The Marshall Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- •Sesquicentennial International Exposition, 1926, Philadelphia
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts