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Article: Early folk art collecting in Maine: its contributions to modernism.
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Largely rural until the early twentieth century--its factory towns like Biddeford and Lewiston not withstanding--the state of Maine has served as both backdrop and inspiration to many significant episodes in the history of American art. The landscape of Maine has been the theme of much art-making, while its villages and countryside provided seclusion for communities of artists who contributed to the shaping of modern art. The legacy of these collectives survives today in Maine's artist colonies, galleries, and museums.
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For early modernist artists, the landscape and culture of Maine were especially influential. Much of the state's ...
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