J Jeffrey Grant timeline

Grant, James Jeffrey[1]

BORN: April 19,  1883 Aberdeen, Scotland[2]

DIED: May 22, 1960 Berwyn, IL[3]

MARRIED: June 15, 1910 Carolina (Carrie) Krivanek of Chicago[4]

[1]A good review of his career may be found in C. J. Bulliet, “Artists of Chicago Past and Present,” Chicago Daily News, 1/4/1936, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.4. A retrospective catalogue was reproduced, James Jeffrey Grant and his North Shore Contemporaries, (Boston: Vose Galleries, 10/27/2005), hereinafter referred to as “retrospective catalogue.”

[2]His father was an artist. “Grant, James Jeffrey,” National Cyclopædia of American Biography, Vol. 47, p.214.

[3]Grant was buried in Chapel Hill Gardens West and had no children. His obituary with photo was in the Chicago Tribune, 5/24/1960, part 3, p.6.

[4]The couple were childless.