The Portland Museum of Art to feature Art of Maine's Cranberry Isles |
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| Friday, 26 December 2008 00:58 |
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 Situated off the southern end of Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles have for centuries sustained fishing and farming communities. However, it is only since the early 1950s that modernist artists began to populate this small group of five Maine islands. Great Cranberry has provided a summer home for most of them-including the best known-George Bunker, Gretna Campbell and her husband Louis Finkelstein, Dorothy Eisner, John Heliker, William Kienbusch, Robert LaHotan, Carl Nelson, and Charles Wadsworth. Perhaps the most famous, but least often recognized as a Cranberry Island artist, was the photographer Walker Evans, who spent time there in the 1960s. Among the contemporary artists who continue to be inspired by the islands’ distinctive coast and creative community are graphic artist Emily Nelligan and printmaker and book illustrator Ashley Bryan, who retired to nearby Little Cranberry. As the largest art museum in the state of Maine, the Portland Museum of Art serves as a vital cultural resource for all who visit. The Museum's collection of more than 17,000 objects is housed in three historic and remarkable buildings showcasing three centuries of art and architecture. With our constantly changing exhibitions and permanent collection, a diverse selection of fine and decorative arts is always on view. Visit the Portland Museum of Art at : http://www.portlandmuseum.org/ Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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