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|  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" 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, American Federation of Artists and others.
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 Lambeth Art Schools in London, and then in 1895, 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." He also worked for "Puck" magazine for 8 years and did illustration for children's and adult books.
For "Harper's Weekly", he served as a combat artist for both the Boer War and the Mexican Revolution.
His reputation as a marine painter became much stronger after 1906 when prints of his painting of the U.S. Constitution went on the market with popular reception, and the monies were used to preserve the old ship. Grant and others were successful lobbying Congress to designate the vessel a national monument, and Grant's painting of the U.S. Constitution is in the White House collection, where it has hung in the Oval Office.
Source:
Blake Benton Fine Art whose reference was:
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/grant.htm
Walt Reed, "The Illustrator in America"
Peter Haining, "The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines"
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in San Francisco, CA on July 7, 1875. Grant grew up in San Francisco and at age 12 sailed around the Horn to London, England to study art at the Heatherly and Lambeth Schools. Returning to his native city in the 1890s, he was an illustrator for the Examiner. He maintained a studio in NYC at 137 East 66th Street throughout most of his career, but was active in California as a member and exhibitor of the California Printmakers and California Society of Etchers. Grant was the author-illustrator of Ships Under Sail (1941) and The Secret Voyage (1943). He died in NYC on May 7, 1962. Member: NA; AFA; Salmagundi Club; NAC; American WC Society; NY Society of Painters; NY WC Club; Washington WC Club; Baltimore WC Club; Chicago Society of Etchers; Philadelphia WC Club; Calif. PM; Calif. Society of Etchers. Exh: Salmagundi Club (NYC), 1901, 1929, 1931 (prizes); NAD, 1926; AIC, 1927, 1933; Calif. Society of Etchers, 1928; Pasadena Art Inst., 1930; NMAA, 1930 (solo); Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1931, 1937; Chicago Society of Etchers, 1932 (1st prize), 1935; Library of Congress, 1944-46. In: CGA; Shasta State Historical Museum; MM; Whitney Museum; Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha); NY Public Library; Annapolis Naval Academy; New Britain Museum of Art; Library of Congress; White House (Washington DC); Kennebunkport (ME) Post Office (mural). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1905-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Oakland Tribune & NY Times, 5-8-1962 (obits). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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