Abraham J. Bogdanove: Painter of Maine

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Abraham Bogdanove was known for his paintings of Monhegan Island, Maine. This exhibition showcases the work of Bogdanove, a landscape painter, portraitist, muralist, and art teacher. Like Robert Henri and Edward Hopper, Bogdanove was inspired by the stark drama of Monhegan Island. Returning there every summer from 1918 until the end of his life, he spent his days hiking onto the rocky outcroppings at the water’s edge, where he applied energetic brushstrokes with vigor and gusto to capture the ever-changing coloristic and compositional possibilities of crashing waves and jagged rocks. Whereas other artists saw only gray tones in Monhegan’s rocks, Abraham Bogdanove perceived them to be full of color, and he captured their vivacity with a wide-ranging palette. He also chronicled Monhegan’s harbor and fish houses, demonstrating an attention to the form-defining properties of light that parallel Hopper’s. While Bogdanove captured the animated qualities of his subject matter, he also created strong, abstract designs that reflect his understanding of modernist principles.