ARTIST: Robert Griffing (Pennsylvania, born 1940)
NAME: Feared by His Opponents
YEAR: 2008
MEDIUM: oil on canvas board
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 9 inches / 30 x 22 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed
SIGNATURE: lower right
SKU#: 118886
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BIOGRAPHY:
Robert Griffing's entire collection of prints can be viewed through this site as well as being on display in the gallery. Robert Griffing grew up in Linesville, PA where he roamed the fields and beaches around Pymatuning Lake collecting stone artifacts, the key factor for his love of history and native cultures. After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and a thirty year advertising career, he returned to the subject of his early fascination, the Eastern Woodland Indian of the 18th century. He describes himself as a painter of the Woodland Indians and focuses on a time that marked the beginning years of chaos and uncertainty for the Woodland tribes as they struggled to survive the encroachment of Europeans.Paintings depicting Forts Duquesne and Pitt, the Braddock Expedition, the Battle of Bushy Run, The Taking of Mary Jemison, and numerous other historical scenes have made Griffing a household name in the frontier circuit. He hopes that his paintings shed some light on this time period that has been neglected through society's romance with the American West.