1948The Cape Ann Society of Modern Art merged with the Gloucester Society of Arts and the Rockport Summer Artists Group.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Local Organizations, Art

Gloucester Daily Times. “Forum.” August 14, 1948. https://sawyer.advantage-preservation.com/

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The Society was led by Rockport’s Harold Rotenberg (1905-2011) and would be the final attempt to form a modernist organization on Cape Ann. The art world’s shift towards abstraction and nonobjective art was a turning point for Gloucester because nationally important artists stopped coming.

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

1948
The Gloucester Housing Authority was incorporated.
1948
Paul Manship was elected the President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1948
The highway bridge was built for the new highway, Route 128, over Essex Avenue at the foot of Slough Hill in West Gloucester.
1948
East Gloucester Elementary School was built on Davis Street and West Gloucester Elementary School was built on Concord Street.

1948The Cape Ann Society of Modern Art merged with the Gloucester Society of Arts and the Rockport Summer Artists Group.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Local Organizations, Art

Other Events

The Gloucester Housing Authority was incorporated.

Paul Manship was elected the President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

The highway bridge was built for the new highway, Route 128, over Essex Avenue at the foot of Slough Hill in West Gloucester.

East Gloucester Elementary School was built on Davis Street and West Gloucester Elementary School was built on Concord Street.