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Gilbert Tucker Margeson (1852 - 2949)

Cape Ann Shore, 1895
oil on canvas, 14" x 12", signed and dated lower left

The original Dean of the Rockport artists' colony, Margeson was the first to open a studio there in 1873 at just 21 years olf. Born in Nova Scotia, he had come to the United States with his family at age nine. He studied in Boston with Alfred Ordway, exhibited at the Boston Art Club, and the National Academy. In Rockport he ran a stationery store which also sold art supplies. He was a longtime member of the Rockport Art Association.