Mid 20th Century "Delaware Landscape" Watercolor Painting by Edward Lynam Grant, Framed

Description

Artist: Edward Lynam Grant – American (1907-1998)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1957
Medium: Watercolor on artist’s board
Sight size: 20.5 x … more Artist: Edward Lynam Grant – American (1907-1998)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1957
Medium: Watercolor on artist’s board
Sight size: 20.5 x 27.5 inches.
Framed size: 30.5 x 37.5 inches
Signature: Signed, dated lower right
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in very good condition. Mat in fair condition.

This painting is a watercolor on Whatman artist board. It is a landscape of countryside on the Delmarva Peninsula, a subject that was a favorite of Edward Lynam Grant. The painting is in very good condition. The mat is toned and needs to be replaced. The driftwood/wormwood frame is in very good condition and goes well with the painting. It is signed and dated (1957) in the lower right. Edward Grant had a major exhibition in 2009 at the Biggs Museum of American in 2009 in Dover, Delaware.

Edward Grant was born in the 40 Acres neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware. He studied at the Wilmington Academy of Art with N.C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, and Henryette Stadelman Whiteside. In 1930 he was awarded the school's first European scholarship. After his sojourn in Europe, he worked as a painter, art instructor, and illustrator in Wilmington, becoming friends with several of Howard Pyle's students. He was very involved with the local arts scene in Wilmington and Rehoboth. After World War II with a young family to support, Grant joined the Hercules Powder Company as Art Director. He served on the board of the Wilmington Society of Fine Art (predecessor to the Delaware Art Museum) in the 1960s. After a 20-year career with Hercules, Grant retired to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where he painted the regional landscape. (Biographical information from Forgotten Dreams: The Paintings of Edward Grant, Biggs Museum of American Art, 2009)

Edward Grant’s works are held in the collections of the Biggs Museum of American Art as well as the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington. less