Lot 351: Trafford Klots Painting - Living Room, ca. 1963

Name: Trafford Klots Painting - Living Room, ca. 1963
Brand: Artemis Gallery
SKU: 3764ff0816
Price: 800 USD

Est: $1,600 USD - $2,500 USDSold:

Artemis GalleryLouisville, CO, USAugust 19, 2021

Item Overview

Description

Trafford Partridge Klots (American, 1913-1976). Oil on canvas board. Ca. 1963. Signed "Klots" at the lower right. A fascinating painting by Trafford Klots presenting a view of a living room, perhaps located in Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, France where Klots lived as an ex-patriate artist in the chateau he had inherited. Klots includes Willy Draper, son of American artist William Draper, who is dressed in blue and surrounded by all the furnishings of a well-loved living room, including bowls of fruit on the table and a comfortable chair in the foreground, large multi-paned windows that allow sunlight to dapple across the room, a colorful carpet, shelves displaying coveted knick knacks, and more. All is delineated in a vibrant palette with rich, expressive brushwork. Interestingly, on the verso is a sketch of a couple - identified as old friends of the Drapers, Lee and Vicky Loomis, by the Draper Estate - relaxing on a couch, as the man holds a puppy in his arms. Size: 25" L x 30" W (63.5 cm x 76.2 cm)

This painting comes to us from the William Draper Estate. During the summer of 1963, Draper and his family visited Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, France. They were guests of American ex-patriate artist Trafford Klots (1913-1976) who had inherited a chateau that belonged to his father, American painter Alfred Klots, who had purchased it in the early 20th century, had it restored, and established an art colony. Trafford enjoyed inviting Draper and other artist friends to his home to paint the medieval architecture of this village that has been designated as a "Petite Cite de Caractere".

"The son of portrait painter, Alfred Partridge Klots and Agnes Boon Klotts, Trafford Klots spent much time in Europe with his parents, especially the medieval village of Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany where they established an art colony. From 1927-1929, he attended Ecole des Roches and wrote his parents of his studies and activities, but he was not much of a scholar, and these letters like those written from Gilman School in Baltimore, 1929-1932 described his poor performance in all things but art. In 1932, he enrolled at the British Academy in Rome, and between 1933 to 1935, was a student in London at the Shaw School. After leaving Gilman in 1932, Trafford enrolled in the fall of 1932 at the British Academy in Rome, and at from 1933 to 1935, was a student at the Shaw School in London. For much of his early life, he was at Rochefort-en-Terre with his parents and after his father's death in 1938, carried on the work of promoting the area as an artist colony. After World War II, Trafford Klots and his wife, Isabel, restored the property at Rochefort-en-Terre, and worked together on this effort until his death in 1976. The French government purchased the Chateau in 1987. In 1989, after Trafford's death, his wife, established the Alfred & Trafford Klots Artist Residency Program in memory of her husband and father-in-law. From the time of its inception, it was a summer program, but its beginning with four participants expanded to more artist residencies of one month periods. The program is administered through the Maryland Institute College of Art. In May 2007, the Maryland Institute College of Art held an exhibition featuring the participants in the artist residency program of Chateau Rochefort en Terre. Papers documenting the life of Trafford Klots are in the Maryland Historical Society." Source: Maryland Historical Society

Provenance: The William F. Draper Collection, New York City, USA, acquired via descent from the late William Franklin Draper (1912-2003), an accomplished American artist whose career spanned seven decades. Known as the "Dean of American Portraiture," William Draper was the only artist to paint President John F. Kennedy from life, and his oeuvre includes marvelous landscapes from his world travels, military paintings as he was one of only seventeen Combat Artists in WWII, and portraits of illustrious individuals.

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#153750

Artist or Maker

Trafford Partridge Klots

Condition Report

Painting of living room is signed "Klots" at the lower right. There is a Draper Estate stamp on the verso. "Trafford Klots" is handwritten on the verso as well. Interestingly, there is a sketch of a couple and their dog on the verso, which is actually the canvas covered side of the board.

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August 19, 2021, 08:00 AM MST

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