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1876 Chicago, Illinois - 1936 Michigan City, Indiana. Known for: Portrait, genre and landscape painting, history murals.
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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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cornwall, England
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •New Orleans Before 1940
Art Association
- •Art Association of Richmond, Indiana
- •Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors
- •Chicago Art Club/Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Chicago Academy of Design, Student, later Art Institute of Chicago
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-
- •New Orleans Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons