Keywords: paint
Item 149584
Lewis Paint Company employees and fleet of trucks, 39 Washington St., Sanford, ca. 1951
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1951 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 16996
Painting of Fryeburg, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Media: Painting
Item 53378
Paint Shop, Mountfort Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company Use: Paint Shop
Item 53833
403-405 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: F.M. Brown Paint Company Use: Store - Paint
Item 109112
Soule Glass & Paint Company Warehouse, Bangor, 1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Bangor Client: Soule Glass & Paint Co. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109113
Soule Glass & Paint Company Warehouse, Bangor, 1951-1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951–1952 Location: Bangor Client: Soule Glass & Paint Co. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
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
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting
"A New Look at an Old Painting Morning View of Blue Hill VillageJonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. by Tim Garrity The Reverend Jonathan Fisher's…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits
"Similarly, a fireman from Skowhegan and John Chase of Unity are seated in front of folk art backdrops painted in maritime themes."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Thoughts of Freedom
by Raymond
Painting my thoughts and loves while incarcerated at Maine State Prison
Lesson Plan
Maine Monochromatic Oceanscape
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson plan will give students an overview of the creatures that live in the Gulf of Maine, real and imagined. Students will be able to describe the creatures they learn about, first learning simple art skills, and then combining these simple skills to make an Oceanscape picture that is complex.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.