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Maine Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

(above: Jervis McEntee (1828-1891). Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1864, oil on canvas, John Wilmerding Collection. Picture from National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) Source: Wikimedia Commons - public domain*)

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An Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection is a 2021 exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art which says: "Focused predominantly on artists living and exhibiting in Maine, the Jane Costello Wellehan Collection is composed of nearly 100 paintings, ceramic vessels, baskets, drawings, photographs, and prints. Over the course of several decades, Wellehan sought out works by some of the state's finest artists of the 20th and early 21st centuries. She followed the careers of artists whose work she collected, often acquiring several works over the years. Wellehan was particularly fond of ceramics, a medium which she felt is underappreciated, and her gift significantly increases the museum's holdings of works by contemporary ceramicists." Accessed 1/22

Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect is a 2017 exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum which says: "This exhibition explores how the artist's work evolved over the decades and connects him more fully to traditions in American and European art." Also see the press release. Accessed 8/17

Andrew Wyeth's World War I is a 2019 exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum which says: "Originally conceived in 2002 by Andrew Wyeth, this exhibition affords visitors an opportunity to see how a childhood interest in the first World War grew into a lifelong source of inspiration" Accessed 9/19

The Art and Artists of Monhegan Island: Selections from the Charles J. and Irene Hamm Collection of Coastal Art is a 2019 exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art which says: "Located 10 miles off the coast of Maine, the remote and rustic island of Monhegan has drawn artists from around the world for over 150 years. Appreciated for its natural windswept beauty, quaint fishing village, high granite cliffs, and rocky beaches, Monhegan -- known as "The Artist's Island" -- has become the home of one of America's best-known and enduring art colonies." Also see Resource Library article. Accessed 3/20

Ashley Bryan: Beauty in Return is a 2022 exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum which says: "The exhibition, Ashley Bryan: Beauty in Return, recognizes the significant and lasting contributions to Maine and American art by distinguished artist, author, storyteller and teacher Ashley Bryan, recipient of the Farnsworth Art Museum's 2022 Maine in America Award. Bringing together examples of the artist's work from throughout his long career, including paintings, illustrations, puppets and stained glass, the exhibition is a joyful celebration of the enduring power of art and the human spirit over adversity." Accessed 9/22

Artists who painted in Maine from Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web. Accessed August, 2015.

At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine is a 2022 exhibit at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art which says: "At First Light presents artworks created in Maine over the last two centuries and argues for the important place that the visual arts have played in the state's history. Artists help us to better understand ourselves. In this exhibition, they make visible and share insights into the diverse lands and peoples that constitute this place and the events and developments that have unfolded over the past two centuries." Also see the Bowdoin College Museum of Art press release and artilce in Antiques and The Arts Weekly. Accessed 9/22

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s by Candace Kanes; from Maine Historical Society. Accessed August, 2015.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine features five wooden figurative sculptures by Danish artist Thomas Dambo. Accessed 10/21 (right: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 2021. Photo © John Hazeltine)

Dahlov Ipcar: Creative Growth is a 2017 exhibit at the Ogunquit Museum of American Artwhich says: "The installation offers a fresh look at patterns and themes that arise from the work of a young and creative mind, with forays into Regionalism and Social Realism, and what the artist would call her practice of non-intellectual Cubism." Accessed 7/17

Dewitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor is a 2019 exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art which says: "Hardy incisively observed a Maine after the tourists had left. In complex and original compositions, Hardy shunned the predictable picturesque in favor of harsh but often beautiful realities." Also see 6/19/19 essay by Bill Paarlberg Accessed 11/19

Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine is an exhibition hosted by the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine from May 27, 2023 through August 27, 2023. The museum describes the exhibition as follows: "Edward Hopper is famed for his images of the big city and its disconnection, while Andrew Wyeth is revered for his visionary practice in rural isolation. An unexpected place and subject matter brought together these two celebrated American artists and a fascinating body of work resulted. On separate visits decades apart, Hopper and Wyeth explored the historic industries of Rockland, Maine, especially lime quarrying and fishing, and produced remarkable watercolors." Accessed 9/23

Fall River School from AskArt.com. Accessed August, 2015

In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-1969 is a 2019 exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum which says: "Formed by a group of craft artists in 1950 with support from philanthropist Mary Beasom Bishop of Flint, Michigan, and led by artists Francis and Priscilla Merritt, who had spent time at Cranbrook, Haystack shares many affinities and connections with Cranbrook Academy of Art." See the virtual tour on the website. Also see article from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts website. Accessed 8/20

Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights is a 2019 exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art which says: "DeMarte's illusionistic landscapes recall the long tradition of still life painting in Europe and America, and a rich history of fantasy environments represented in literature and film-from Alice's Wonderland to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory." Also see artist's website Accessed 10/19

Land, Sea, and Sky: Contemporary Art in Maine, an exhibit held at the Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy January 28 - March 18, 2012. Accessed August, 2015

A Life Made in Art: Maud Briggs Knowlton is a 2019 exhibit at the Monhegan Museum of Art & History which says: "This summer the Monhegan Museum of Art & History will celebrate the art and life of Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870-1956), one of the first women to direct a major American art museum and one of the few women to paint on Monhegan Island in the late 1890s." Also see 6/25/19 article in Antiques and the Arts and 5/18/19 article in ArtFix Daily Accessed 12/19

List of Maine painters from Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.

"Maine Indian Native Voices Videos" featuring basketmaking, weaving and more, from Hudson Museum at University of Maine. Accessed August, 2015.

"The Maine Print Project: Celebrating 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine" from The Bowdoin Orient. Accessed August, 2015.

Maine's Lithographic Landscapes: Town & City Views, 1830-1870 is a 2019 exhibit at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art which says: "This exhibition explores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings." Exhibit information includes online catalogue, object labels, press coverage and 57-minute video discussion by the curators. Accessed 8/20

Marsden Hartley's Maine is a 2017 exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which says: "Approximately 90 paintings and drawings will illuminate his extraordinarily expressive range -- from Post-Impressionist interpretations of seasonal change in inland Maine in the early 1900s to folk-inspired depictions, beginning in the late 1930s, of the state's hearty inhabitants, majestic coastline, and great geological icon, Mount Katahdin."

Marsden Hartley's Maine is a 2017 exhibit at the Colby College Museum of Art which says: "This exhibition will explore Marsden Hartley's complex, sometimes contradictory, and visually arresting relationship with his native state - from the lush Post-Impressionist inland landscapes with which he launched his career, to the later roughly rendered paintings of Maine's rugged coastal terrain, its hardy inhabitants, and the magisterial Mount Katahdin." Accessed 9/17

Memory in Black and White is a 2015 exhibit at the Brick Store Museum which says: "Memory in Black and White featured the beautiful landscapes and often spur-of-the-moment portraits taken by photographer Albion Moody in Kennebunk, Maine, at the turn of the century." Accessed 5/19

Off the Coast: Landscape Chronology is a 2005 exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art which says: "This exhibition deconstructs the historical paradigm of New England and Maine while exploring innovations in contemporary landscape art." Accessed 10/18

Penobscot Marine Museum, located in Searsport, Maine, contains a collection of James Buttersworth marine scenes c.1860s. Accessed 10/3 (right: Penobscot Marine Museum, 2021. Photo © John Hazeltine)

Reckoning with Nature: Andrew Winter at Monhegan Island is a 2017 exhibit at the Monhegan Museum which does not save online information about its exhibits. However, the exhibit has media coverage in a 7/23/17 article in Linea and a 6/19/17 article in Bangor Daily News Accessed 8/17

Robert Indiana: Placeholder is a 2017 exhibit at the Colby College Museum of Art which says: "In 1978, facing eviction from his long-time studio in lower Manhattan, Robert Indiana (born 1928) relocated to the island of Vinalhaven, located in Maine's Penobscot Bay, where he had worked seasonally since 1969. Robert Indiana: Placeholder features select prints from two series related to the artist's residence in Maine, a time of intense introspection and renewed creativity." Also see artist's website Accessed 8/17

Tree and Tradition: Brown Ash and Native American Basketmaking is a nine-part online exhibit from the Hudson Museum which says: "Maine Native American baskets are made from brown ash -- the Basket Tree -- which grows in wetlands and around streams. Accessed 12/18

University of New England Art Gallery published online the 2007 exhibition catalogue On Island: Women Artists of Monhegan. Accessed 3/15

(above: On the Pier, Mt. Desert Island, October, 2021, Photo by John Hazeltine)

(above: Rough Point Museum, Home of Doris Duke, 2023, photo by Barbara Hazeltine)

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