Notes: The people who helped pay for the two paintings are: John Thomas, Ed Green, Steve Hutchins, Kenneth Kutzel, William Mc Glone, Bill Hess, Mike Mattern, Cindy and Mark Peterson, Mark Barrone, Tom Slater, Tim Farmer, Cynthia Sorrensen, and Joan Brigham. Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2019-09-23

1947

24 in

28 in

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Rediscovering a Michigan Painter

From "Robert Fort: Rediscovering a Michigan Artist" at the OSH 2020 Robert Harry Fort 1875 – 1954 Untitled (Winter Afternoon in Saugatuck) c. 1947 | oil on canvas This painting explores Griffith Street, to the far right, looking south towards Douglas. In the foreground we see the Newnham House where Mr. Fort lived with his sister and brother-in-law. Beyond it is the Herbert House which subsequently burned; the building at the corner now houses Amaru Leather. In the background, on the right, is the old Fruit Exchange building, present-day Couglin Park. In the far left background is the Del-Mar Hotel which in 1965 became the Blue Tempo jazz club, a well-known gay-friendly bar, destroyed by fire in 1976. Exhibited: Muskegon Artists Annual Exhibition, Hackley Art Gallery, 1947 Collection: Saugatuck-Douglas History Center 2019.33 Gift of the SDHC Friends of Art including John Thomas and Ed Green, Steve Hutchins, Kenneth Kutzel and William McGlone, Bill Hess and Mike Mattern, Cindy and Mark Peterson, Mark Barrone, Tom Slater, Tim Farmer, Cynthia Sorensen, and Joan Brigham.