Keywords: mural
Item 53964
Burrage Bryn Mawr mural, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Bryn Mawr Media: Photographic print
Item 31719
Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1651 Location: Scarborough; Scarborough Media: Painting, mural
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?
Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"The Ben Butlers tell us these murals were painted by Jonathan Poor, nephew of Rufus Porter. Other Farmington Falls homes boast walls with similar…"
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows
"… leaving in 1936 to work in New York City on WPA mural projects with such noted artists as Stuart Davis and Philip Guston."
Story
Rest Stop in Scarborough, Maine
by Lee Evans
This is about our first visit to Maine in 1998. My wife and I moved here from Maryland in 2007.
