Keywords: oil painting
Item 9846
Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Oil painting
Item 21146
Linseed oil container, ca. 1930
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood
Item 44885
83-85 Center Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: John F. Proctor Estate Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store
Item 37351
269-277 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Richardson Wharf Co. Use: Offices & Warehouse
Item 151044
Cook, Everett & Pennell office space, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Client: Cook, Everett & Pennell Architect: John P. Thomas
Item 151495
H.H. Hay & Sons drugstore, Portland, 1919-1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919–1952 Location: Portland Client: H. H. Hay & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Site Page
"… is represented in a circa 1865 tintype copy of an oil painting of a man in the dress of the 1830s or 40s."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"Oil on canvas. (Cincinnati Art Museum) X The 1844 visit of New York painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848) marked the start of Mount Desert Island’s…"
Story
One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.
Story
William Manning in conversation with Christopher Crosman
by William Manning and Christopher Crosman
A conversation between an artist and art historian