Lot 364
Robert Wadsworth Grafton (American, 1876-1936, active New Orleans, 1916-20), French Quarter Courtyard, oil on canvasboard, unsigned, Winsor & Newton, England label en verso, 11 in. x 15 in., in a period frame. E7000-10000 Provenance: Gift of the artist to his neighbors in Michigan City, Indiana during the early 1930s. Note: Robert Grafton made several extended visits to New Orleans between 1916 and 1920. Often accompanied by his fellow artist and Midwesterner L. O. Griffith, Grafton painted the historic buildings of the French Quarter and the scenic views of the New Basin Canal. While in New Orleans, he exhibited his paintings at the Art Association of New Orleans, Arts and Crafts Club and St. Charles Hotel. In this painting, Grafton was inspired by the decaying beauty of an historic Vieux Carré courtyard. In an impressionist manner, Grafton captures the effects of light and color on the arched colonnade and walls of the courtyard.
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