Gordon Hope Grant (June 7, 1875 – May 7, 1962) was an American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts. He was born in San Francisco in 1875, and died in 1962.Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; E. Bénézit, Librairie Gründ 1976, Volume 5 page 168. (This source lists his death as 1960 and lists him as a member of the Salmagundi Club Illustrators: Gordon GrantCaliforniaWatercolor.com Gordon Grant Biography; citing Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940", American Art Annual 1905-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Oakland Tribune & NY Times, 5-8-1962 (obits)
His best known work is likely his watercolor of the USS Constitution. He also produced war time posters during World War I, illustrations for books such as Penrod, magazine covers for periodicals, such as Saturday Evening Post,Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine Jan Cohn; Viking, 1995 and illustrations for Boys' Life."The End of the Dolly D illustrated by Gordon Grant He was the cover designer for the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911.Collecting Scouting Handbooks The ISCA Getting Started Collecting Series "The first Handbook for Boys officially developed by the BSA was printed in 1911. The cover drawing of a Boy Scout waving his hat inviting others to join him in Scouting was done by Gordon Grant"
He was illustrator for The Story of American Sailing Ships by Charles S. Strong, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry edited by William Martin Williamson and many other works. American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography by Geoffrey D. Smith; Cambridge University Press, 1997,
He was a member of the Association of American Artists and many of his prints were sold through it."The Smart Collector", Sun-Sentinel, February 6, 2005; BY DANIELLE ARNET "According to Newman, "Grant was AAAs best-selling artist in the '30s and '40s. They published more than 100 different prints by the artist in an edition of not less than 250 each.""
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