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Gordon Kenneth Grant (January 21, 1908 – March 1, 1940) was an American artist. He is best remembered today for his New Deal murals commissioned for the post offices in Brady, Texas, Alhambra, California and Ventura, California.

Life and death

Born in Oakland, Grant was a graduate of Stanford University. He was a nephew of maritime artist Gordon Grant. His brother Campbell Grant worked for Walt Disney. In the 1930s he worked on murals at Wellesley College and at the Bronx city hall. In 1936 he exhibited paintings in Washington, D.C. on "Indian subjects" including an image of a Hopi eagle dance.

He died in 1940 in a cannon explosion on the Montecito, California estate of George F. Steedman, supposedly accidentally ignited by Grant's lit cigarette. He was working for Steedman as a silversmith. In addition to painting and silversmithing, Gordon was considered an expert on the artwork of Native American tribes of southwestern North America.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art hosted a retrospective exhibit of his work in 2001.

References

  1. "See the Murals for Yourself". Austin American-Statesman. 2004-07-25. p. 102. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  2. "Ventura post office Gordon K. Grant mural". 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  3. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1940-03-03). "GORDON K. GRANT KILLED; Young Artist Victim of Cannon Explosion in California". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  4. "Oral history interview with Campbell Grant, 1965 June 4 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  5. "Eichheim Will Give Talk". The Morning Press. 1934-01-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  6. "Exhibition at Studio House". Evening star. 1936-04-04. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  7. "Gordon Kenneth Grant death termed accident". The Los Angeles Times. 1940-03-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  8. ^ "Explosion Injuries Fatal to Gordon". Santa Barbara News-Press. 1940-03-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  9. "Grant Inspired by Rivera and Native Americans". The Tribune. 2001-06-24. p. 74. Retrieved 2024-05-12.


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