Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Marine painter. Born in Oswego, NY on Feb. 6, 1866. Artistically
inclined at an early age, Grant painted his first seascape when he was
eight. His art training began at the National Academy of Design
in his early teens and continued in the studios of Seymour J. Guy and
M. F. H. DeHaas.
The desire to paint the Pacific Ocean brought him to California in
1912. He elected to remain and was a resident of San Francisco
for the rest of his life. An ardent sailor, he was familiar with
almost all ocean-going craft, and by 1925 his reputation as a ship and
marine painter was such that he was made the official artist of the
U.S. Navy on its visit to Australia.
Grant was active as an artist and maintained a studio at 1350 Franklin Street until his death there on Jan. 21, 1939.
Exhibitions:
Bohemian Club and San Francisco Art Association annuals; Panama Pacific
Exposition, 1915; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939.
Collections:
Bohemian Club, Sequoia Club, De Young Museum, Society of California
Pioneers (all in SF); Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Syracuse (NY)
Museum; Oswego City Hall.
AAA 1919-33; WWA 1928; WWC 1928; WWAA 1936-39; CAR; SF Chronicle and NY Times, 1-23-1939 (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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