Background
Grafton, Robert Wadsworth was born on December 19, 1876 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Delia Irene (Oviatt) Grafton.
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Robert Wadsworth Grafton
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Educated The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Julian Academy, Paris, France. Studied in Holland and England. Doctor of Fine Arts, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1933.
Career
Patricia. Has exhibited in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities. Awarded Mary T. R. Foulks prize, Richmond (Indiana) Art Association, 1910, 19. Leroy Goddard prize, Hoosier Salon, 1925.
Mural panels, First National Bank and Anthony Hotel, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
State House, Springfield, Illinois. “End of French Market,” Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.
“Saint Louis Cathedral,” Richmond Public Art Museum. “Oyster Shuckers,” Lafayette (Indiana) Art Association.
“Northwestern Station,” Union League Club, Chicago.
Mural, “Coming of the Pioneer,” Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Kansas. Portrait of President Calvin Coolidge, painted at the White House, for Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago. Official portrait of Secretary Jardine for Department of Agriculture.
Portraits of Governor Jackson, Governor McCray and Governor Leslie for Indiana State Capitol.
Of Governor Chase Osborn for Michigan State Capitol. Of Governor Fred Green of Michigan.
Of Howard Vanderslice of Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago. Cardinal Mundelein at Mundelein Seminary.
Ex-President Hoover, Arthur M. Hyde and Frank O. Lowden for Saddle and Sirloin Club.
Also portraits at Northwestern, Purdue and Tulane universities, University of Wisconsin and Earlham College, and of Ambassador Charles Faulkner, for American Embassy, Paris. Director fine arts Kansas Wesleyan University.
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Married Elinda M. Oppermann, July 27, 1908.
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Political Party
Republican