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Otis Pierce Cook ( Jr., American 1900 - 1980) Motif No. 1
Oil on canvas, 19.25 x 23.25 inches/Signed lower right
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Otis Cook, noted marine artist, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He studied at the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, in the 1930s and also studied under Gloucester artist Emil Gruppe. He opened a studio/gallery and giftshop on Bearskin neck, Rockport, called "Boatshop Studios." He painted mostly scenes of the Cape Ann and Rockport areas, area, notably Motif #1, Rockport’s iconic fishing shack on Bearskin Neck.
Cook was a member (and director) of the Rockport Art Association; North Shore Art Association; the Boston Guild of Artists; Boston Art Club; Academic Artists of Springfield (CT), Independent Artists of Boston, and Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida.