1932Artist Erma Wheeler (1915-2005) and her family started coming to Rockport.Arts and Culture, Art

Erma Wheeler, Quarried Waters, c. 1998, Watercolor on paper, Cape Ann Museum, Gift of the Estate of Robert L. French, 2009, https://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/objects/quarried-waters/

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Around 1932, Erma Wheeler’s family inherited property on Pleasant Street in Rockport and she started spending summers on Cape Ann. Rockport artists including Samuel Hershey urged her to attend art school, so she enrolled in Art Students League in New York and the National Academy. She organized the 1937 Artists’ Ball with Jon Corbino, Samuel Hershey, Maurice Compris, and others.

Oaks, Martha, and Cape Ann Historical Museum, editors. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: Rockport Artists in the 1930s: July 10 through October 16, 2010: Cape Ann Museum. Cape Ann Museum, 2010.

Other Events

1932
Walter and Margaret Nichols began making Nichols Candies.
1932
Sculptor and drawing teacher George Demetrios (1896-1976) and artist Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) moved to Folly Cove after their marriage.
1932
The artist Frederick Mulhapt occupied his final studio in Gloucester at 47 Rocky Neck Avenue overlooking Smith Cove until his death in 1938.
1932
Artists Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Barnett Newman (1905-1970), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) visited Milton and Sally Michel Avery in Gloucester.

1932Artist Erma Wheeler (1915-2005) and her family started coming to Rockport.Arts and Culture, Art

Other Events

Walter and Margaret Nichols began making Nichols Candies.

Sculptor and drawing teacher George Demetrios (1896-1976) and artist Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) moved to Folly Cove after their marriage.

The artist Frederick Mulhapt occupied his final studio in Gloucester at 47 Rocky Neck Avenue overlooking Smith Cove until his death in 1938.

Artists Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Barnett Newman (1905-1970), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) visited Milton and Sally Michel Avery in Gloucester.