New Seasonal Exhibit:
ON THE WATERFRONT: CASTINE’S ART FROM THE PAST
2008 Summer Exhibit at the Abbott School
The new exhibit this summer at the Castine Historical Society will showcase artists of various media who had connections with Castine. Oil paintings, watercolors, sketches, line drawings, pastels, photographs, lithographs, sculptures, carvings, ceramics, metal work, folk art and more will be featured. Artists whose works will be displayed in the exhibit include Fitz Henry (Hugh) Lane, George Wasson, Waldo Peirce, Alexander Longfellow, Thomas Fransioli, Mary Blood Mellen, Stow Wengenroth, and A. H. Folsom. More recent works by Clark Fitz-Gerald, Frank Hamabe, Alice McLaughlin, Ellenore Doudiet, Judy Payne, Jay Pratt, Cam Petri, Janet Hughes, and Mary Kirk will also be on view. Some items made by anonymous artists will also be displayed. One notable example in the folk art section will be the large double-sided sign that hung in front of the Castine Variety for many years.
While some of the images will, of necessity, be reproductions, most will be originals. The earliest works will be images made during the British occupation of Castine in the 1780s. Recently deceased artists such as Clark Fitz-Gerald will highlight late 20th century work. To be included, an artist must either have lived or worked in Castine, made a Castine-related work, or had artwork represented as depicting Castine.
Some of the works to be displayed, such as the oil painting of the “William Witherle” and Fitz Henry Lane’s lithograph “Castine from Hospital Island”, both once owned by the Witherle Memorial Library, will be familiar to many Castine residents and visitors. Other paintings, such as ”Dennett's Wharf, Castine" and several works in private collections may be new and pleasant surprises.
Many individuals and establishments have agreed to loan their artworks to the Historical Society for the exhibit. Organizations participating include the above-mentioned Witherle Memorial Library, the Maine Maritime Academy, the Castine Scientific Society (Wilson Museum), the Maine Historical Society, the Penobscot Marine Museum, the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Maine Maritime Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Cape Ann Museum, and the Old Print Shop.
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