Arthur Franklyn Musgrave (1878 - 1969) American

Arthur Franklyn Musgrave (1878 - 1969) American
Arthur Franklyn Musgrave (1878 - 1969) Watercolor on paper, signed lower left "Arthur F. Musgrave", measures 6 x 8 and 9.5 x 12.5 inches w/ frame. Born in Brighton, England, Arthur Musgrave was a pupil of Stanhope Forbes at the Newlyn School of Art in Cornwall. He also studied in Munich. He went to Santa Fe in 1916 to recover his health from having served in World War I and was the first to paint a depiction of the Museum of Fine Arts, then under construction.Later he donated several paintings to the New Mexico Museum. He also spent time at Cape Cod, Massachusetts where he had a summer house at Truro. His main residence remained in Santa Fe.
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