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Gordon Grant
"Day of Sail" - prominent American artist, Marine Art

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Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) was a prominent American artist renowned for his maritime watercolors and his contributions to the American Boy Scouts. Born in San Francisco in 1875 and passing away in 1962. Grant's artistic legacy is notable for various accomplishments. Among his most celebrated works is a captivating watercolor depicting the USS Constitution. Additionally, he played a significant role in creating wartime posters during World War I and contributed illustrations to literary works such as "Penrod" and magazine covers for publications like the Saturday Evening Post, as well as illustrations for Boys' Life. Notably, he served as the cover designer for the inaugural edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911, filling a crucial gap between Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys" from 1908 (published in England) and Ernest Thompson Seton's "Birch Bark Roll" used by the Woodcraft Indians. Grant's artistic talents extended to being the illustrator for various works, including "The Story of American Sailing Ships" by Charles S. Strong, "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London, and "Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry" edited by William Martin Williamson, among others. An active member of the Association of American Artists, many of Grant's prints were distributed through this association. Furthermore, artistic talent ran in the family, as his brother Douglas Grant was also a watercolorist. Gordon's nephews included Gordon Kenneth Grant (1908–1940), an artist known for painting murals in the Ventura, California post office, and Campbell Grant (born 1909). Campbell Grant made contributions to several Walt Disney films, earned credit for story development in "Fantasia" (1940), played a role in character development for "Pinocchio" (1940), and illustrated a book on the Chumash Indians of Channing Peak.
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