Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… Art Museum) X The 1844 visit of New York painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848) marked the start of Mount Desert Island’s influx of summer…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… was ocupied a number of years by Horatio Beale Painter & glazer then by Mr Samuel Lunt thereby Wm S Persons then by J S Stodard then Mrs Cary sold…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"Of the painters, sculptors, and carvers who worked in the city, George Henry Bailey pursued the dual professions of artist and veterinarian."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… the United States where he started working as a painter. He first worked in Massachusetts, then Florida, then Rhode Island."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… Day portrait was the work of Portland portrait painter Charles O. Cole. Lovell native Eastman Johnson was one of nineteenth century America’s…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Painters, carpenters, smiths, and masons all were busy here between 1800 and 1920, building new residences and adding on to the old ones."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… his invention of photography in January 1839, painter Paul Delaroche declared, "From today, painting is dead." Yet the daguerreotype would not…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Frederick Tompson was an accomplished landscape painter, sculptor, and photographer. He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with John Calvin…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls. Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… the sublime in nature promoted by the landscape painters of the Hudson River School and writings of John Ruskin."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… forerunners of this group and several landscape painters came to Mount Desert Island, and stayed with the Savages at Harbor Cottage."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Phillebrown Blacksmith James Collins “ A. Spooner Painter I.L. Tripp Lumber Dealer A. Jordan “ “ W. Pratt Shingle Mfg. Col. C. Harvey “ “ I.E."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… & Museum Winslow Homer Winslow Homer, landscape painter best known for his marine subjects, was born in Boston 24 February 1836 to Charles Savage…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… of the York Institute Museum, Saco Saco painter Charles Henry Granger created this composite tavern scene using local characters in a heated debate…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In August 1855, the painter Frederick Church, who had already come to the island several times, accompanied the Charles Tracy family for a stay in…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… parties, which were celebrated by poets and painters. The Deering farm on the island included a cider press."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"She was the daughter of an Italian painter and German-Jewish mother, and lived in Italy until the end of World War I."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… stonemasons, master plumbers, electricians and painters. Store Flyer, Islesboro, ca. 1890Islesboro Historical Society The influx of summer…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Willard School Teacher J.G. Young Painter Wm. Bentlett Justice of the Peace Wm. Jacobs Carder & Clothier J.W."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.