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Louis Oscar Griffith
The Great Church, Nashville
c. 1935

Name: The Great Church, Nashville
Brand: Louis Oscar Griffith
Price: 562.93 CHF
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (106 reviews)

$700

£528.48

€606.27

CA$977.16

A$1,064.04

CHF 562.93

MX$12,831.88

NOK 7,162.42

SEK 6,547.96

DKK 4,527.87

About the Item

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 estate Signed in pencil (see photo) Printed on a fine laid paper without watermark Condition: Excellent Plate/image size: 9 11/16 x 7 15/16 inches Sheet size: 12 9/16 x 9 7/16 inches The church has been known by the name Nashville Christian church for its entire existence and is the oldest church organization in Brown County remaining at the same location. The building stood until 1926 when it was moved back from the street and a partial basement and furnace was added. October 9 of 1931 the church was destroyed by a terrible fire that was thought to have been started as a flue fire. November 1, 1931 the 89 members without hesitation made plans to rebuild, using member contributions and matching funds the Irwin Miller-Sweeny foundation of Columbus Indiana. The new brick building was dedicated debt-free in November 1932 only one year later. 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, Indiana in 1908, intrigued by reports of beautiful scenery by other Chicago-area artists such as Adolph Shultz and woodblock print-maker Gustave Baumann. Griffith’s first exhibition was in 1903 at the Art Institute of Chicago, which by 1824 exhibited more than 60 of his works. He showed almost 70 works at the annual Hossier Salon Exhibition. He won a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915; in 1921, he was a gold medalist at the Palette and Chisel Club; he won the Daughters of Indiana prize in 1925. The Chicago Society of Etchers recognized his works in 1949 and 1953; an oil, A Tranquil Afternoon, was awarded the Davis Wild Flower and Landscape prize in San Antonio, Texas. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington mounted a special exhibit of Griffith’s prints in 1945. He also exhibited at the 1921 show of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia; the 1927 second International Exhibition of Modern Engravings in Florence, Italy; the Canadian National Exposition; National Academy of Design in 1943; and the Library of Congress, also in 1943.

Creator:
Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956, American)
Creation Year:
c. 1935
Dimensions:
Height: 9.69 in (24.62 cm)Width: 7.94 in (20.17 cm)
Medium:
Etching
Movement Style:
American Realist
Period:
1930-1939
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Fairlawn, OH
Reference Number:
Seller: FA113861stDibs: LU1407752302

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