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Monhegan, the artists'
island / Jane and Will Curtis and Frank Lieberman ; foreword
by Carl Little. - Camden (Maine) : Down East books, 1995.
- 191 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN 0-8927-2347-5
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DESCRIPTION : A spectacular scrap of land set in
a surging sea, Monhegan Island has inspired generations of U.S.
artists. Some of the nation's greatest painters have made the
pilgrimage to this rocky outpost 10 miles off the coast of Maine.
Realists, impressionists, and abstract artists have all been
equally captivated by the island's dramatic headlands, its tranquil
wooded interior, and its people — whose lives are defined
by the powerful ocean around them.
Fully illuminating this rich
and diverse artistic tradition, more than a century of American
landscape painting is presented in Monhegan : The Artists'
Island. The book is divided into sections that reflect the
island's own enduring aesthetic elements, and the juxtaposition
of styles from the Hudson River School to American Impressionism
and American Modernism makes it clear that while styles have
changed, the artistic fascination of this charmed spot has endured.
Reproductions from 151 artists
accompany the text, which explores the history of this timelessly
beautiful island and of the men and women who came to paint it
in unprecedented detail. Some of the artists are relatively unknown,
others are due for rediscovery, and the work of many is respected
worldwide, including that of Rockwell
Kent, George Bellows, Edward Hopper, the Wyeths, and Robert
Henri.
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with book designer Frank Lieberman, Jane and Will Curtis have produced
nine books on a variety of subjects. They are engaged in conservation
efforts, writing, and radio and television programming. Will Curtis's
commentaries, “ The Nature of Thins ”, are heard
on National Public Radio stations. When they have time, they enjoy
their house on Monhegan Island, Maine. |
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| COMPLÉMENT BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE | - Alta Ashley, « Hark
to the bell buoys' song : letters from Monhegan island, 1976
to 1985 », Monhegan (Maine) : Grey gull publications,
1990
- Jan Bailey, « Heart
of the other : island poems », Greenville (South
Carolina) : Fish press, 1998
- Clara Burton, « Monhegan
memories », Westford (Mass.) : Impatiens press,
1999
- Julia Dean, « A year on Monhegan island »,
New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1995
- Eric Hudson (et al.), « An eye for the coast : the maritime and Monhegan
photographs of Eric Hudson », Gardiner (Maine) :
Tilbury house publishers, 1998
- Charles Francis Jenney, « The
fortunate island of Monhegan », Worcester (Mass.) :
The Davis press, 1922
- Elizabeth Kelly, « The miracle on Monhegan Island », New York : Liveright, 2016
- John Kleinhans, « An image of Monhegan »,
West Hurley (N.Y.) : Precipice publications, 1997, 2000
- Carl Little, « The
art of Monhegan Island », Camden (Maine) : Down
East books, 2004
- Richard H. Malone, « Rediscovering
S. P. Rolt Triscott : a Monhegan Island artist and photographer »,
Gardiner (Maine) : Tilbury house publishers ; Monhegan
(Maine) : Monhegan museum, 2002
- Charles B. McLane, « Islands of the mid-Maine coast (vol. 3) Muscongus
bay to Monhegan », Gardiner (Maine) : Tilbury
house publishers, 1993
- Marjorie Mir (ed.), « Poet's
cove, an anthologie : Monhegan in poetry, 2000-2002 »,
Monhegan (Maine) : New Monhegan press, 2003
- Ida Sedgwick Proper, « Monhegan,
the cradle of New England », Portland (Maine) :
The Southworth press, 1930
- Richard Russo, « Le
phare de Monhegan, et autres nouvelles » trad. par
Jean-Luc Piningre, Paris : Quai Voltaire, 2004
- [Spanierman gallery], « Abraham
J. Bogdanove (1886-1946) : Monhegan summers »,
New York, 2001
- Margot Sullivan, Cynthia Hagar Krusell,
and John J. Galluzzo, « Monhegan island », Charleston (South
Carolina) : Arcadia, 2009, 2008
- Mark
Warner, « Monhegan : a guide to Maine's fabled
island », Camden (Maine) : Down East books, 2008
- Charles Levi Woodbury, « Pemaquid
and Monhegan », Hyde Park (Mass.) : Hyde Park
historical society, 1892
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