Maine Memory Network

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"1824" is one of Maine's oldest landscape paintings. Fisher used the latest technology - the camera obscura - to create an image that is photographic…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"In contrast to these landscape backgrounds is the indoor setting of a tintype of two women who are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… the Hudson River School, a famous movement of landscape and seascape painters influenced by romantic primitivism."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"After the war, he spent time in Europe and began painting landscapes as he continued to work for Harper’s."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… explored and interpreted Mount Desert Island’s landscapes through pencil sketches and paintings that were finished, shared and published back in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Ever vigilant of the natural landscape while not losing sight of furthering the commercial attractiveness of Asticou, Charles came into his own…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Cottage caretakers and landscapers were urgently needed. Insurance representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"And these artists' paintings convinced wealthy east-coast businessmen and their families that the island was worth the journey."

Acadian Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.