Gretchen Van Sant Lansford Sold at Auction Prices

Gretchen Van Sant Lansford (American/Louisiana)

Gretchen Van Sant Lansford (American/Louisiana, 1908-1978), "Seaside Holiday", oil and tempera on masonite, signed lower right, label with title and artist en verso, 20 in. x 16 in., framed. Note: Gretchen Lansford’s professional career as an artist and an art conservator coincided with her husband, Alonzo, serving as the first full-time director (1948-1957) of the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, now the New Orleans Museum of Art. The couple was active in the New Orleans art community, and Lansford exhibited with fellow local artists such as John Clemmer, Robert Helmer, and Shearly Grode. The Lansfords lived on Governor Nicholls Street and collected art throughout their lives. In the painting offered here, Lansford uses bright colors and expressionistic brushstrokes to portray a late 19th century family visiting the beach.