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Historically Inspired Art by Robert Griffing

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Newest Release

Moving Among the Giants

Towering above they command an upward glance, calling you to stand in awe of their grandeur. The people and the forest kindred sprits, bound by their roots to mother earth.

Canvas GicleeEdition Size 125
Canvas Size 24 x 40
$775.00

Lithograph PrintSighed and Numbered edition of 550
Image Size 30 x 18
$185.00

Lithograph Print Artist ProofSigned and Number edition of Artist Proofs 125
$225.00

 

Current Releases

The Conspiracy - Fort Michilimackinac - 1763

In late May, 1763, Ojibwas men discuss plans to surprise the British garrison of Fort Michilimackinac where the Great Lakes of Michigan and Huron meet. The plan: seize the fort and garrison in a bold rush through the open gates during a game of bag’gat’tway (lacrosse), a common sight outside the walls of this former French post. Within months, a loose alliance of American Indians stretching from Canada to the Mississippi Valley will drive British soldiers and traders from all but a handful of posts lying west of the Allegheny Mountains in a conflict known as Pontiac’s War.

Fort Michilimackinac is beautifully restored fort on the banks of Lake Michigan.Many events are held throughout the year check it out you will be glad you did. For further information call 231-436-4100.

Canvas Giclee Reproduction, Size 24" x 36"
Giclee Canvas Reproduction
Signed and Numbered, Edition size 50 SOLD OUT

The Conspiracy - Artist Proof, Size 18 3/4" x 26" Lithograph , Edition size 125      $215.00

The Conspiracy - Signed and Numbered, Size 18 3/4" x 26" , Lithograph, Edition size 550      $175.00
 

The Bark Cutters

In the springtime, along the boundary waters of Canada, tribes would collect bark for uses that varied from medicine to canoe building.  Bark Cutters depicts the harvest along the shores of crystal water.

Canvas Giclee Reproduction
Canvas Edition 125, Canvas Size: 24 x 36
$675.00

Artist Proof
Artist Proof Edition 125, Image Size: 13 1/8 x 20
$95.00

Sign and Numbered
Edition 550, Image Size: 13 1/8 X 20
$75.00

 

He Befriended Me Greatly

Major James Grant's September 1758 sortie on Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh)was met unexpectedly by spirited French and Indian resistance. In the ensuing carnage, Private Robert Kirkwood of the 77th Highland Regiment was pursued by four Indians and wounded. He later wrote that,"I was immediately taken, but the Indian who laid hold of me would not allow the rest to scalp me, tho' they proposed to do so. In short, he befriended me greatly."

Canvas Giclee, Image Size 24 X 36
Canvas orders off our site will include the journal "Through So Many Dangers" free of charge.
Canvas Edition size 225        $775.00

Artist ProofImage Size 19 X 28 3/8, A/P Edition 125.        $225.00

Signed and Numbered Edition , Editionion size 950, Image Size 19 X 28 3/8        $185.00

 

 We Dined in a Hollow Cottonwood Tree

In the summer of 1749, Jesuit Father Joseph-Pierre de Bonnecamps (1707 - 1790) accompanied a military expedition from Montreal to the Ohio Country in order to assert the French Crown's claims and authority in this strategic region.  The expedition, let by Captain Pierre-Joseph Celoron de Blainville, included eight officers, twenty French soldiers, one hundred eighty Canadian militiamen and about thirty Iroquois and Abenaki Indians.  

Pausing near the site of present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 7, Bonnecamps encountered a remarkable tree, noting in his diary: "We dined in a hollow cotton wood tree, in which 29 men could be ranged side by side."  Known today as the American sycamore, this tree was nicknamed "le cotonnier" or cotton wood by eighteenth-century French Canadians because of the silky fibers in its small round see pods.

Giclee Canvas Reproduction, size 36" X 24",  Signed and Numbered, edition size 125, $675.00

Artist Proof, lithograph size 28" x 18 1/4", Edition size 125, $195.00

Signed and Numbered, lithograph, size 28" X 18 1/4", Edition size 550, $150.00

Friends Under Fire by Robert Griffing (cliick on thumbnail)

Throughout history the accounts of courageous acts of loyalty to comrades, family members, or in many instances, complete strangers have been documented.  Regardless of the savagery of war this compassion has prevailed.  A warrior is not only remembered for his deeds in life but also his honor in facing death.  In this moving image "Friends Under Fire", loyalty overrides personal safety.  As the warriors assure, all will return home to be honored.

Size 22" X 20" lithograph

 Artist Proof , edition size 125   $195.00

Signed and numbered, edition size 550   $150.00

Post and King Beaver at Ft. Duquesne by Robert Griffing.

Canvas Reproduction (Fine Art Giclee), 24" X 48", Signed and numbered, Edition size 275, includes 16 page copy of Christian Frederick Post's actual journal, $875.00

Lithograph, 15" X 30" on 100% acid-free paper, signed open edition, $95.00

The Taking of Mary Jemison

Size 17 3/4" X 32", signed and numbered, edition size 1250, $175.00

Artist Proof, edition size 125, $215.00

The Victory Coat

Size 11" X 8", open edition  only $35.00

The Art of Robert Griffing (hard-cover book)

This book is a complete collection of the art of Robert Griffing carefully woven with the history and artifacts that serve as his inspiration.  Over 75 color plates cover the artist's work from his earliest pieces to the present.  The Art of Robert Griffing goes beyond the myth of colonial America and presents the reality of the frontier that Griffing so artfully searches for in his work.  Only $55.00

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