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Gordon GrantGordon Grant, Gloucester Harbor, Watercolor, Cape Ann, Signed
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Gordon Grant’s "Port of Gloucester" watercolor shows the working docks of Cape Ann at mid-century: weathered pilings, stacked fishing gear, and a dory at rest in the foreground. Two fishermen can be seen aboard low-decked boats moored to the pier. Across the calm, silvery water, the skyline of Gloucester rises under a luminous sky, with fishing vessels, gulls in flight, and the recognizable harbor tower silhouetted against blue-violet hills.
Grant (1875–1962) was celebrated for his ability to portray the dignity and daily rhythm of American maritime life. Here, his restrained palette — cool grays, greens, and purples — and his confident brushwork give the harbor scene both documentary accuracy and quiet poetry.
Painting is 15x22 (Half sheet watercolor); framed is 23x30
- Creator:Gordon Grant (1875 - 1962, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Rockport, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2222217156902
Gordon Grant
Born in San Francisco, Gordon Grant is known for his etchings and paintings of marine subjects. He also painted portraits, streets, harbors, beaches and marines, and was an illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with watercolor, Grant was honored many times by the American Watercolor Society*. Memberships included the Society of Illustrators*, Salmagundi Club*, Allied Artists of America*, New York Society of Painters, and American Federation of Artists*. At age 13, he was sent to Scotland for schooling, and the four-month sail around Cape Horn remained a permanent influence on his career. He studied art in Heatherly and at the Lambeth School of Art* in London, and then in 1895, he became a staff artist for the San Francisco Examiner. The next year, he took the same type of job for the New York World and covered the Boer War for Harper's Weekly.
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