GENE GRANT

“An American in Paris” (1906-1974)

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GENE GRANT: “An American in Paris” is comprised of an extensive collection of 150+ oil paintings created by the artist from the 1940’s until his passing in 1974. The exhibition borrows its title from the 1951 Oscar winning film of the same name, which commissioned Mr. Grant to produce the art for its sets alongside a number of other studio films throughout his career as a painter in The Golden Age of Hollywood.

With a timeless and impressionistic style that captured landscapes, cityscapes, still-lifes, and portraits, Mr. Grant’s work is imbued with a nostalgia for a time and place romanticized in our imaginations, and thanks to Grant, its existence endures through his beautiful and prolific work.

Gene Grant was born in 1906 in New York City. He attended Syracuse University and earned his degree in law from Fordham University, which he practiced for over a decade while pursuing his passion for painting in his free time. After performing his duties in WWII as a commissioned lieutenant in the Navy on the U.S.S. Echo, Grant returned to the States with a resolve to turn his passion into a career and he set up his studio in Los Angeles where his paintings were quickly met with acclaim. Grant’s work was exhibited worldwide during his lifetime and was included in prominent collections, both private and public.

A love for travel—especially throughout Western Europe, Japan, and parts of Mexico—would eventually lead Grant and his wife, Joan, to a five year stay in Paris, from 1960 to 1965, after which they moved to Weston, Connecticut where Grant joined the Famous Artists School as an instructor. According to his introduction in the school’s literature, Grant took “particular delight in his studio, with its north light and view of the woods,” and enjoyed gardening, fishing, and writing in his moments of leisure.

Grant passed in 1974, leaving behind him a legacy that can now be viewed, at least in part—some 50 years later—at the NAN Collective Studio in Los Angeles where his impressive career as a painter began.

Courtesy of Mr. Grant’s Family, 2024.

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