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- ↑ 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
- ↑ JVJ Publishing [usurped] Illustrators: Gordon Grant
- ↑ CaliforniaWatercolor.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)
- ↑ "1920s Restoration Souvenirs". ussconstitutionmuseum.org.
- ↑ Tarkington, Booth; Grant, Gordon (18 February 2019). Penrod; his complete story. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. OCLC 639691191.
- ↑ Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine Jan Cohn; Viking, 1995
- ↑ "The End of the Dolly D illustrated by Gordon Grant
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography by Geoffrey D. Smith; Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0521434696
- ↑ "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.""
- ↑ ExperiencingLA.com Work in Ventura: Gordon Grant WPA Murals
- ↑ Oral history interview with Campbell Grant, 1965 June 4 Archives of American Art] "one of my paternal uncles was Gordon Grant, the marine painter", " His younger brother, Douglas, was also quite a competent water colorist."
