Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for Alexander Bower at Delano Park in Cape Elizabeth, ME, 1922. The commission is associated with John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
An American Impressionist, Alexander Bower (1875-1952) was born in New York, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and was living with his wife in Cliff Island, Maine by 1914. Despite his urban upbringing, the coast and the sea fascinated Bower. A large portion of his paintings are seascapes, particularly scenes depicting the coast of Cape Elizabeth and Cliff Island, Maine. Bower was not only a painter but also the Director of the Sweat Memorial Art Museum and Director of the School of Fine and Applied Art (both in Portland, Maine), a trustee at Westbrook College in Portland, Maine, and an art instructor at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
About This Item
- Title: Alexander Bower house and studio, Cape Elizabeth, 1922
- Address: Delano Park, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: Alexander Bower
- Creation Date: 1922
- Subject Date: 1922
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: presentation drawings
- Materials: VanDyke prints; photostats; watercolor on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 3-A-2-05
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 3
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Architectural drawing
- Architecture, Domestic
- Artists' studios--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
- Artists, American--Maine
- Delano Park (Cape Elizabeth, Me.)
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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