CLARENCE MILLET Signed Claiborne Court

CLARENCE MILLET Signed Claiborne Court Woodblock Print, signature to lower right reads ‘Clarence Millet’, lower left reads ‘Clairborne Court’, verso reads ‘Windwood Gallery’, subject a view of Clairborne Court in New Orleans, measures 14 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches, windows measures 6 7/8 inches x 6 3/4 inches, ornate gilt wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed and double matted in beige, not examined out of frame. A native of Hahnville, Louisiana, Millet came to New Orleans as a youth of seventeen to work as an apprentice in an engraving company. He became a student at Tulane University in New Orleans. In 1917, he spent the winter months in town with northerners Robert W. Grafton and Louis Oscar Griffith. Both of these artists studied in Paris and were influenced by French Impressionism. So too Millet was captivated by this popular style. In the early 20’s, he studied in New York at the Art Students League where George Bridgman was his primary instructor. In the East, he earned special attention for his