Description: Louis Oscar (L.O.) Griffith (1875-1956) St.Anne Street-New Orleans 7" x 7" etching, signed lower right. Re- strike with "C.G." annotation signed lower right Unframed Please visit Fine Estate Art for additional information on L.O. Griffith, and other Indiana artists. Born in 1875 in Greencastle, IN, Louis Oscar Griffith lived in Nashville, IN the last thirty years of his life, after spending many years in Texas (childhood), St. Louis (art school) and Chicago (career). ‘L.O.’, or ‘Griff’ was a successful commercial artist in Chicago by the late teens, and married Carolyn Maulsby in 1920. 1922 was a pivotal year. As the story goes, he had sent off a just completed illustration of a ham to a meat-packing firm. The company’s art direct sent it back with he notation “Make ham more graceful.” That apparently tipped the scale and sent him, his wife and young son packing for Nashville, IN, county seat of beautiful Brown County, which they had been visiting for years. He was also a regular exhibitor in Brown County and the Hoosier Salon. The Griffiths were also good friends with fellow artists and neighbors Adolph and Alberta Schultz and the Vawters. Louis Oscar Griffith died in 1956 in Franklin, Indiana at age 81.
Price: 250 USD
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
End Time: 2025-01-25T17:42:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Features: Matted
Region of Origin: US
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 7" x 7"
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Historic
Material: Etching
Artist: Louis Oscar (L.O.) Griffith
Style: Impressionism
Signed?: Monogrammed
Type: Print
Original/Reproduction: Original
