Author:
Salatino, Kevin.
Publisher:Brunswick, Me. : Bowdoin College Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2011.
Description:176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Note:Published on the occasion of the exhibition Edward Hopper's Maine on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, July 15-Oct. 16, 2011.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:Lenders to the exhibition -- Foreword / Kevin Salatino -- "I came here to rest and to paint a little" : Hopper in Maine / Carol Troyen -- Hopper in Vacationland / Kevin Salatino -- "America sits for its portrait" : Hopper and the critics / Diana Tuite -- Captain Upton's house / Steve Martin -- Edward Hopper's Maine in fog / Carter Foster -- Mastering the vernacular : the role of Maine in Edward Hopper's early work / Vincent Katz -- Works in the exhibition -- Acknowledgments.
Note:A study of the lyrical paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints that Hopper produced whilst staying in Maine over nine summers between 1914 and 1929, including his iconic lighthouses and the 32 plein-air studies painted on Monhegan island.
