Walk Where Maine Artists Walked – See What Maine Artists Saw
Posted in All Counties, Art, Entertainment, Home and Family, Life, Uncategorized on February 19th, 2010.Portland, Maine February 19, 2010 Maine Day Trip has introduced a new day trip excursion tour combining American artists’ painting locations with a visit to the Portland Museum of Art. Now you are able to investigate specific and similar Maine scenic locations where some of America’s greatest artists, such as Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, painted; then you will visit Maine’s prestigious Portland Museum of Art to view their work. When available, a museum docent, in collaboration with the Portland Museum of Art, will also be arranged for your group to further enhance this memorable experience.
Winslow Homer (United States, 1836–1910), “Weatherbeaten,” 1894, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 48 3/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson. Photo by Melville D. McLean.
This full day tour “Walk Where Maine Artists Walked” includes the opportunity to explore areas along the coast from which paintings were made and then view the artists’ results at the museum. You are able to customize the tour to your specific art interests as well. Enhance your experience with a light lunch at the Black Point Inn (1878) in Prouts Neck close to Winslow Homer’s studio (1883-1910).
A separate excursion to Cushing, Maine to visit “Christina’s World” Olson House can be combined with the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine. While Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, there are many other Wyeth’s at the Farnsworth and Wyeth Center in Rockland.
For more information contact Norm Forgey at (207) 838-5275 or email norm@mainedaytrip.com
About Maine Day Trip: Maine Day Trip is a private company specializing in customized and private touristic sightseeing services since 2007 exclusively in Maine.
Norm Forgey
Maine Day Trip – 110 Marginal Way #139, Portland, Maine 04101
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