Harborfront, 1926
Frances Hudson Storrs’ oeuvre broke into the art world in 1919 at the McDowell Club in New York City. As a student of well-known American artists including William Merrit Chase, Charles Courtney Curran and Edward Hale, Frances’ dazzling use of color in both florals and landscapes earned her recognition and membership to NY Women’s AC, CAFA, Hartford Art Society and the North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA.
Sea Meeting Shore
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.
Mending the Nets
One of the most well-known Cape Ann artists, Emile Gruppé is famous for his iconic representations of local harbors, as well as his generosity and kindness as an art teacher at the Gloucester School of Painting on Rocky Neck, which he founded. The extent of his influence on Cape Ann art and artists is incalculable. Painted during the prime of his career, this is one of our favorite examples of his work.