605. Louis Oscar Griffith (American, 1875-1956), "Avenue of the South", c.1942; oil/canvas, 24" x 30", signed, original frame, Hoosier Salon label verso. Griffith lived in Texas in the 1890s, and studied with Frank Reaugh, a well-known Dallas landscape painter. Reaugh had studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Art, and suggested that Griffith attend, which he did, and then later moved on to the Art Institute of Chicago. Griffith established a studio in downtown Chicago, but had begun making trips to Brown County in the early 1900s. He married in 1920, and moved to Nashville, IN permanently in 1922. He exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Brown County Art Gallery Association, Chicago Gallery Association, National Academy of Design, Library of Congress, Chicago Society of Etchers, San Antonio Art League, Pan-Pacific Expo (1913), and the Indianapolis Art Club. His work is included in the collections of the Delgado Museum, Indiana University, Lafayette Art Association, National Gallery of Art, and the J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville). Property of Oak Park River Forest High School. Exhibited: Hoosier Salon, 1942, # 86, Daughters of Indiana Prize. 4000-6000

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