1954Artist Gordon Goetemann first came to Gloucester to study at Umberto Romano’s summer school.Arts and Culture, Art

Gordon Goetemann, Bass Rocks – White Rock, 2013, Oil on canvas, Cape Ann Museum, Museum Purchase, 2015, purchase made possible with funds from the Kanter Kallman Foundation.

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Goetemann saw his roots in Northern Europe and thought about the role of nature in spiritual and aesthetic development. Goetemann’s work was considered expressionistic, ranging from realism-based to abstract, and focusing primarily on the landscape.

Goetemann and his wife Judy maintained art studios on Rocky Neck and established the Goetemann Residency, which allowed emerging artists to work and live on Rocky Neck.

Gordon G. Goetemann Obituary. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/2259502/Gordon-G-Goetemann. “Available Artwork.” Goetemann Gallery, https://www.goetemanngallery.org/gordon-s-artwork.

Other Events

1953
Virgilio's Grocery opened on the west end of Main Street.
1953
Charles Olson published The Maximus Poems / 1-10.
1954
The Paint Factory, the Hydaway Bar on Duncan Street, the sail loft on Wharf Street, and Marine Railways were burned in a fire.
1954
The schooner Adventure was bought by Donald Hurd, Dayton Newton, and Herbert Beizer and was converted into a passenger schooner.

1954Artist Gordon Goetemann first came to Gloucester to study at Umberto Romano’s summer school.Arts and Culture, Art

Other Events

Virgilio's Grocery opened on the west end of Main Street.

Charles Olson published The Maximus Poems / 1-10.

The Paint Factory, the Hydaway Bar on Duncan Street, the sail loft on Wharf Street, and Marine Railways were burned in a fire.

The schooner Adventure was bought by Donald Hurd, Dayton Newton, and Herbert Beizer and was converted into a passenger schooner.