Portland Museum of Art Showcases Maine Art Colonies

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Portland, Maine -- A new exhibition from the Portland Musuem of Art:

The art colonies of New England played a key role in the creation of an American national identity in the early 20th century. Art colonies in Old Lyme and Cos Cob, Connecticut and Ogunquit and Monhegan, Maine were inspiration for nationally recognized artists including Edward Hopper, Childe Hassam, Rockwell Kent, and George Bellows, among others. The exhibition chronicles the development of impressionist Connecticut and modernist Maine and feature 73 works drawn from the collections of the Portland Museum of Art and the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Learn more on the Museum's website.

Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England
June 25, 2009 - October 12, 2009

Featured Art: Edward Hopper, “Monhegan Houses, Maine,” circa 1916, oil on panel, 9 x 13 inches. Credit line on file.