Search Results

Keywords: Portland painters

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 65 Showing 3 of 65

Item 104433

Ezekiel Day, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 14180

John H. Allen, Portland, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland; Berlin Media: Photographic print

Item 36545

'Our Life is One of Lights & Shadows' banner, Portland, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen

  View both sides

Tax Records

View All Showing 2 of 7 Showing 3 of 7

Item 44885

83-85 Center Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John F. Proctor Estate Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store

Item 87883

212 York Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Flynn The Painter Incorporated Use: Dwelling

Item 87388

Sterling property, S. Side Elizabeth Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Robinson E. Sterling Use: Storage

Architecture & Landscape

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Item 151432

Alexander Bower house and studio, Cape Elizabeth, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Alexander Bower Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 23 Showing 3 of 23

Exhibit

South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… of the York Institute Museum, Saco Saco painter Charles Henry Granger created this composite tavern scene using local characters in a heated debate…"

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… parties, which were celebrated by poets and painters. The Deering farm on the island included a cider press."

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 10 Showing 3 of 10

Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Phillebrown Blacksmith James Collins “ A. Spooner Painter I.L. Tripp Lumber Dealer A. Jordan “ “ W. Pratt Shingle Mfg. Col. C. Harvey “ “ I.E."

Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

Site Page

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with John Calvin Stevens. He was also active in Portland musical organizations."

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 2 of 3 Showing 3 of 3

Story

One of the first abstract painters in Maine
by William Manning

I have grown as a painter in ways I might not have if I moved to New York

Story

My Africa Book and living in Portland
by Titi de Baccarat

My art is about being an immigrant in the US, my pain, fear, uncertainty, and hope for my future

Story

William Manning in conversation with Christopher Crosman
by William Manning and Christopher Crosman

A conversation between an artist and art historian