Louis Oscar Griffith (American/Indiana, 1875-1956, active New Orleans 1916-1917), "Noon", oil on canvas board, signed lower right, titled and signed on "Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas" label en verso, 10 in. x 14 in., glazed and framed Note: During his time in New Orleans in the winter of 1916-17, Louis Oscar Griffith painted an important series of vibrant impressionistic views of life on the New Basin Canal. Brilliantly rendered, these paintings are studies in the effects of the clean winter light experienced at that time of year. The work offered here, titled Noon, is painted with the richly saturated palette indicative of the full sun of midday. A beautiful example of American Impressionism, this composition demonstrates Griffith's fondness for depicting the historic waterway that once traversed the city of New Orleans.