Born in Australia, Hayley Lever was well-travelled in Europe before settling in Gloucester for the summers. While in Europe, he was deeply inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, whose influence can be seen in Lever’s energetic style and shimmering silhouettes to transmit the essence of light..
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Gloucester Waterfront
Charles Gruppe was already a celebrity artist, patronized by European royalty and represented in many museums in Europe and America, when he arrived
in Rockport at the age of 65. His Cape Ann works represent a slight softening in form from his detailed ship and harbor scenes of Europe, for which he had become famous. His palette also seemed to become a bit brighter, possibly the influence of painting regularly with his son Emile Gruppe, whose style was
becoming a bit more Impressionistic.
Good Harbor Beach
One of the youngest members – and one of the few women – of the movement which came to be known as the “Ashcan School,” Theresa Bernstein studied and painted closely with the most prominent American artists of her time. Her unique modernist style defined her – even amongst these greats – as she depicted the world and its unglamorized realities.
Living fully with elegance and vigor, Theresa painted into her one-hundredth year.
Drying the Nets
Influenced by Marsden Hartley, Clymer developed a highly personalized style while at ease working with watercolors and oils. Blending naturalism and abstraction, Clymer exhibited extensively in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Provincetown. Deeply inspired by his wife, Gwyneth Waugh – daughter of renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh – Clymer maintained a keen observation of nature while presenting humans, nfluenced by Marsden Hartley, Clymer developed a highly personalized style while at ease working with watercolors and oils. Blending naturalism and abstraction, Clymer exhibited extensively in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Provincetown. Deeply inspired by his wife, Gwyneth Waugh – daughter of renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh – Clymer maintained a keen observation of nature while presenting humans, birds and boats in motion.birds and boats in motion.
Harbor Scene with Sailboats
A “gentle modernist,” Meyerowitz’s immersion in classical music – supporting himself by singing in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera while a student at the National Academy of Design – contributed to his interest in expressionism. Transmitting his feelings without concern for the representation of actual forms – at times a fracturing of forms in a cubist manner – creates poignant depictions of Cape Ann life and livelihoods.