Robert guthrie new orleans artist

Robert Guthrie's home

Artist Robert Guthrie, known for his meticulous silkscreen prints and glittering watercolor cityscapes died Thursday at his Mid-City home.

Artist Robert Guthrie, known for his meticulous silkscreen prints and glittering watercolor cityscapes, died Thursday (Feb.

27) at his Mid-City home. He was 56. Guthrie was a widely respected member of New Orleans’ close-knit community of professional designers and illustrators.

The public might remember him best for his 1992 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage poster depicting Irma Thomas, a bas-relief mural he created at the Audubon Zoo and the colorful illustrations he produced for official city council proclamations.

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Visitors to Royal Street will remember his gallery that thrived in the years before Hurricane Katrina. Art students might know him from his teaching at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, a bastion of traditional technique. Jazz Fest contemporary craft shoppers will miss the booth where he sold his wo