The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset has gathered a number of noteworthy, yet affordable, works of art for an online auction that will be open for bidding May 1 to June 15. The pieces, donated by artists and collectors, offer the buyer an opportunity to obtain fine art while helping to support the nonprofit gallery.
Christine Hopf-Lovette Sat, 04/24/2021 - 8:00am
“Cloth Work #4” by Peter Haller is a mixed media piece in the Maine Art Gallery online auction. Courtesy of Christine Hopf-Lovette
This idyllic scene by Jane Dahmen- acrylic on paper - could be yours . check it out at the Maine Art Gallery online auction. Courtesy of Christine Hopf-Lovette
The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset has gathered a number of noteworthy, yet affordable, works of art for an online auction that will be open for bidding from May 1 to June 15. The pieces, donated by artists and collectors, offer the buyer an opportunity to obtain fine art while helping to support the non-profit gallery.
Online art auction to benefit Wiscasset gallery
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“Cloth Work #4” by Peter Haller is a mixed media piece in the Maine Art Gallery online auction.
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WISCASSET The Maine Art Gallery has gathered a number of noteworthy, yet affordable, works of art for an online auction that will be open for bidding from Saturday, May 1 to Tuesday, June 15.
The pieces, donated by artists and collectors, offer the buyer an opportunity to obtain fine art while helping to support the non-profit gallery.
This iconic Maine scene, an acrylic on paper by Jane Dahmen, is among the works of art in the Maine Art Gallery online auction.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly and the beautiful
Holiday. Artists include Maxfield Parrish, Howard Chandler Christie, Charles Dana Gibson and even Alberto Vargas. The first American magazines appeared in 1741. By 1860 there were over a thousand titles in print, ballyhooing and cajoling Americans to repent, reform, learn, expand, and do everything faster and faster. The amazing energy of the United States is all here – educationalism, advertising, news, religion and quite a lot of hooey. As is pointed out in the excellent catalogue, magazines built American communities, and fashioned their mores and prejudices.
The deadly serious early journals have a grand, reserved, essentially European look: mournful engraved figures adorn their covers, as if weighed down by the awful information inside.