1928Artist Leon Kroll and his wife Geneviève decided to settle in Folly Cove.Arts and Culture, Art

L-R Front Row: John Sloan, Dolly Sloan, Leon Kroll, Vi Organ, Marjorie Henri, Randall Davey, c. 1918. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 21005

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According to Geneviève Kroll’s oral history, the couple decided to spend the summer in Folly Cove while in France. It was the only place everything was right, and the landscape had everything a painter needed.

Kroll, Genevieve, Gloucester Oral History Project, tape 20, 1987.

Other Events

1928
The Rockport Art Association incorporated.
1928
Richard Recchia (1888-1983) became Rockport’s first resident sculptor.
1928-1929
The Tower of the Four Winds was built.
1929
Rockport Granite Company furnished all the hammered and polished stone for the entrance and exit of the Holland Tunnel in New York City

1928Artist Leon Kroll and his wife Geneviève decided to settle in Folly Cove.Arts and Culture, Art

Other Events

The Rockport Art Association incorporated.

Richard Recchia (1888-1983) became Rockport’s first resident sculptor.

The Tower of the Four Winds was built.

Rockport Granite Company furnished all the hammered and polished stone for the entrance and exit of the Holland Tunnel in New York City