Coffee & Conversations: Gabrielle de Veaux Clements

Name: Coffee & Conversations: Gabrielle de Veaux Clements
Start: 2025-12-04T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-04T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA

Schedule

Thu Dec 04 2025 at 10:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA | Gloucester, MA

Coffee & Conversations: Gabrielle de Veaux Clements
Thursdays, December 4 & 11, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Carlson Education Center, CAM Green
13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $5
Registration required as space is limited: https://www.capeannmuseum.org/series/coffee-conversations/
Join us for a deep dive into a single piece from the Collection with a CAM Docent, Tobi Klein. Begin with conversation, a short presentation and complimentary coffee at the Carlson Center, then move to the James Center to view the original.
Gabrielle de Veaux Clements was a pioneering American artist whose legacy is deeply woven into the cultural fabric of Cape Ann. Trained in Philadelphia and Paris, Clements was a master of etching, mural painting, and aquatint, and she brought her refined techniques to Gloucester in the 1880s. Alongside her lifelong friend and fellow artist Ellen Day Hale, she helped establish Folly Cove as a vibrant artist enclave, mentoring younger creatives and contributing to the region’s artistic identity. Her works—ranging from intimate harbor scenes to monumental public murals—reflect both technical brilliance and a profound connection to place. Join us as we explore how Clements’ summers on Cape Ann shaped her career and helped define a generation of women artists in American art history.
Image: Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (1858-1948), "A Colonial Apple Gathering (Mural)," c. 1892. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum. Gift of the estate of Walker Hancock, 2001 [2001.27.15]