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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.Label
From “Seasons at the Lakeshore” at the History Center 2024-2025
Robert Fort
1875-1954
Winter Afternoon
ca. 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. 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 the 1960s 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
SDHC Collection
Gift of the SDHC Friends of Art
Accession number 2019.33.01