William Starkweather (1879-1969)
Matinicus Island, Maine, 1916
Oil on panel, 10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches
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or Christine Berry
This is an exhibition of ninety paintings that reveal the myriad of ways that the state of Maine has inspired artists for over 175 years. The breadth of this exhibition and its in-depth catalogue provide an opportunity to consider the identity of Maine as exemplified in its artistic representations, reflecting what Dr. Bruce W. Chambers, has described as a land of contrasts, a “country of mythic forces and primordial conflicts,” including both “violent storms and placid waters,” “fleeting summer pleasures,” as well as “fishing shacks, lush summer gardens, and granite summits.” The artists represented include George Bellows, Frank Benson, Albert Thompson Bricher, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Fitz Henry Lane, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Fairfield Porter, Edward Potthast, Edward Redfield, Max Weber, Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Newell Convers Wyeth, and Marguerite and William Zorach.
Maine, as Dr. Chambers has written, “is not like any place else. As if by magic—or divine intent—its storms are more powerful, its mountains more primordial, its seas more imposing and mysterious, its people hardier, and its flowers more colorful, than anywhere else on earth. There seems to be a special joy attached to Maine, a magnetic attraction not only to its unique beauty but also to its soul-cleansing power. No artist who has ever painted in Maine has left there unchanged.”
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