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G ORDON G RANT (1875-1962) The Mackerel Seine demonstrates Grant’s firsthand kn- owledge of maritime life and his respect for the hardy souls who toil on the sea, often at the mercy of Mother Nature. Exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in early 1951, the painting reveals the artist’s talent for translating the proper movement of the vessels on the water, the ebb and flow of the ocean currents, and the play of sunlight breaking through cloud cover as a rainstorm bears down in the distance. * “Gordon Grant’s Sea Pictures,” American Art News , November 12, 1921, Volume XX, No. 5, p. 1. The Mackerel Seine Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches, signed lower right: Gordon Grant , circa 1950 Celebrating 175 Years in Business Fine American Art for Six Generations V O S E 1841 EST G A L L E R I E S LLC Born in California, Grant became fascinated with the sea after his family sent him on a long ocean voyage around Cape Horn to London, to enroll in the Lam- beth and Heatherley art schools. His love for marine subject matter per- sisted, and he would eventually earn the reputation as one of the most impor- tant marine painters of his generation. Grant exhibited at a range of venues, including the National Academy, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy, the Salmagundi Club, and the Paris Salon of 1937, where he won a medal for his entry. “Gordon Grant knows the sea only as one who has roved upon it. Its romance appealed to him when he was a lad, and age has only added glamor to it.” * 238 Newbur y S t r ee t . Bos t on . MA . 02116 . 617 . 536 . 6176 . i n f o@vosega l l e r i es . com . w ww. vosega l l e r i es . com