| Winter Antiques Show Loan Exhibit: Charleston's Master Works Presented by Historic Charleston |
11th Anniversary
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As British North America’s most cosmopolitan seaport, Charleston fascinated and astonished visitors from both sides of the Atlantic. As early as 1709, English...
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| American Modernism: The Shein Collection |
Summer 2010
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The early American modernists may be usefully understood as the generation of artists born primarily between 1875 and 1890 who promulgated the new languages of...
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| Boston School Paintings: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James R. Taylor |
Summer 2010
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When James R. Taylor (1887–1962) of Boston began acquiring paintings and decorative objects in the first quarter of the twentieth century...
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| Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica |
Summer 2010
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“Now for Jamaica . . . the scenery is superb,” Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) remarked when he traveled to Jamaica in May of 1865 in search of new tropical material and respite...
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| I. Gilbert. Painter: Little Known Folk Artist |
Summer 2010
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I first became acquainted with the work of the early American folk portrait painter I. Gillbert about thirty-five years ago on a visit to the home of noted collector, researcher, and writer...
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| Making History: Art and Industry in the Saco River Valley |
Summer 2010
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The Saco River makes its way from its source in New Hampshire’s White Mountains to Maine’s Atlantic coast. Its dramatic course through the Saco River Valley defines a region where...
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| Picasso Looks at Degas |
Summer 2010
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Throughout his long and prolific career, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) observed and absorbed the work of other artists. One artist Picasso particularly admires was...
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| Son of Whom? A Collector's Journey |
Summer 2010
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When my wife and I acquired a portrait at a Sotheby’s Important Americana auction in 1990 (Fig. 1), the catalogue entry read, “According to tradition, this young man is...
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| William Merritt Chase: The Final Volume |
Summer 2010
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William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings, is the fourth and final volume of The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by...
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| Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place |
Summer 2010
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The connection between Winslow Homer (1836–1910) and the Portland Museum of Art is long-standing and intimate. Homer exhibited at the museum in his lifetime, and through the course of the twentieth...
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