Cape Ann Collectors

Cape Ann Works by Historic Cape Ann Artists

Gordon Grant

Fisherman at Harbor

Gordon Grant’s formative relationship with the ocean began at the age of 13, when he spent over four months at sea travelling from San Francisco to Scotland for his education. Most famous for his maritime subjects, Grant is able to combine a strong sense of light and mood with admirably accurate details of ship rigging and construction. His painting of the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is part of the White House collection and has hung in the Oval Office.

Heading for Port

“There is perhaps no other American artist…whose paintings are more associated with the great square riggers on the open seas than those of Gordon Grant. His pictures are at once a celebration, a salute, and a memorial to every facet of life at sea.”
– Artists of Cape Ann

Gloucester Wharves

Gordon Grant’s formative relationship with the ocean began at the age of 13, when he spent over four months at sea travelling from San Francisco to Scotland for his education. Most famous for his maritime subjects, Grant is able to combine a strong sense of light and mood with such accurate naval architecture details that his works could almost serve as blueprints. His painting of the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is part of the White House collection and has hung in the Oval Office.

Banks Fisherman

Gordon Grant’s formative relationship with the ocean began at the age of 13, when he spent over four months at sea travelling from San Francisco to Scotland for his education. Most famous for his maritime subjects, Grant is able to combine a strong sense of light and mood with such accurate naval architecture details that his works could almost serve as blueprints. His painting of the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is part of the White House collection and has hung in the Oval Office.

Arching Elms

This perspective of Gloucester Harbor, framed by towering elm trees, was a favored subject of Grant, and he created lithographs of this view in both summer and winter. Sketching and painting in the harbors of Cape Ann was only natural for him, returning to the region for many years – working from a studio on Rocky Neck.