Summer 2023
“The Farnsworth’s august galleries now seem to pulsate with life and a vital, up-to-the-minute relevance.”
—Jorge S. Arango, Portland Press Herald
On behalf of everyone at the Farnsworth, please join us in looking back at our storied past and setting our sights on an incredible future!
As part of our celebratory year, you will notice a new look to our magazine and website. We hope these formats introduce you to our schedule of exhibitions and events this summer and reflect the energy here at the Museum. In addition, our galleries have been completely reimagined to include a growing contemporary art collection by the extraordinary and diverse talents that make Maine so special. We are dedicated to highlighting the voices of today—those artists who are making important contributions to American art. You can discover many of these new acquisitions in The Farnsworth at 75: New Voices from Maine in American Art . As we move forward, we will continue to collect and exhibit their work, offering a more inclusive narrative about Maine art in our galleries.
In addition, we opened a new gallery dedicated to our relationship with midcoast schools. Art@theIntersection highlights art projects that were created during the Museum’s yearlong program pairing our talented educators and community partners with classroom teachers and their students, exploring a variety of curriculum topics including the issues facing the lobster industry, houselessness, the long-term effects of the pandemic, human rights, identity, and the environment.
While 75 years is a momentous occasion which deserves celebration, I am equally excited to set our sights on our 100th anniversary. Our Centennial plans are already in motion as we think about our future, our program ambitions, and the Farnsworth of tomorrow.
As always, thank you for your generous support and encouragement. I look forward to seeing you at the Museum soon.
Christopher J. Brownawell, Director
JASON K. BROWN ( born 1973)
aka Firefly of the Penobscot Nation WABANAVIA, 2022
Still image from digital film
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.11
© Jason K. Brown
cover : KATHERINE BRADFORD (born 1942)
Summer Night, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
68 x 80 inches
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.17
© Katherine Bradford
left :
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (1887-1968)
Étang du Nord (Northern Pond), 1957
Oil on canvas
20 x 26 inches
Gift of Robert E. Kulp, Jr. in memory of Margaret Barr Kulp, 2014.5.5
© The Zorach Collection LLC
The Farnsworth at 75: New Voices from Maine in American Art (on view through December) is a celebration of the museum’s collection, its history, and its community, as well as its role and Maine’s role in the history of American art. To encapsulate the magnitude of this legacy, as well as so many artists’ contributions to the canon of art history, is impossible. Instead, the Farnsworth’s galleries offer intimate moments of discovery, wonder, and dialogue across media and time, and an acknowledgement that the exhibition is a mere microcosm of the collection.
Comprising more than 15,000 objects, the collection is the museum’s greatest strength and is nationally recognized as one of the finest holdings of American art. Since the inception of its collection, the Farnsworth has acquired works by young, emerging artists, such as 27-old Andrew Wyeth in 1944 and the contemporary artists whose works represent the more recent acquisitions in this exhibition. Each artist has a singular perspective, and each object has a unique story, whose interpretations may be expanded with 21st-century discourses and perspectives.
Today, these works neighbor one another in new configurations, arranged in thematic galleries that present the artists’ ideas and renderings on the landscape, the sea, industry, abstraction, and so much more. We invite you to look, ponder, question, and challenge ideas, concepts, and artistic styles. How do the art, artists, and ideas on display encourage us to see things anew? How do the works speak to each other in exciting and unexpected ways? What dialogues about the many chapters of American art history and Maine’s role in writing them interest you?
Portrait of a Robin II (Looking, After Picabia) 2022, 2022
Oil on linen
84 x 60 inches
Gift of the artist on the occasion of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary, 2022.45
© Ann Craven
Ann Craven paints lushly colored portraits of the moon, birds, and flowers, which she revisits in serial fashion. Like robins in nature, each of her iterations of the subject is the same but different. For her, painting multiple versions of an image is a way to conflate the momentary with the constant—a symbol of time and memory. Each work is inscribed with the date, time, and place of its making, as in a diary. Her series of birds was inspired by illustrations found in her grandmother’s ornithology books, which she often combines with images drawn from art history. In this work, the background flowers reference the work of the early-20th-century French avant-garde painter Francis Picabia.
Camden Hills and Harbor, c. 1852
Oil on canvas
27 1/8 x 35 7/8 inches
Gift of Philip and Frances Hofer, 1966.1478
Alvan Fisher was among the earliest professional landscape painters who visited Maine in search of subject matter. He painted a number of romantic views of harbors, and emphasized the rugged beauty of Maine that appeared to dwarf human presence. In his view of Camden Harbor he emphasized the curves of cliffs, mountains, and boat sails in order to frame the theatrical scene struck by shafts of light and viewed by awestruck figures.
Scrying 7, 2017
Shells, mouth-blown glass, obsidian, rubber 41 x 33 x 12 inches
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.9 © Lauren Fensterstock
Lauren Fensterstock’s work explores the history of nature. She has been obsessed with the tool, the Claude glass, or black mirror. It was used by artists to reflect the landscape in miniature and, in doing so, to merge details and reduce the strength of color so that the artist is presented with a broad picture of the scene and a certain tonal unity.
In Scrying 7, the black mirror becomes a domestic tool–not to view an exterior landscape but to explore an interior one. Encircled by the forms of the shell grotto, the absence and presence of the glass replaces the penetrating and potentially mystical space of the cave.
Urchin Basket , 2008
Split and dyed brown ash
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.19
© Jeremy Frey
Native American peoples have inhabited the land we now call Maine for over 13,000 years. Its waters— from its ocean and rivers to ponds and lakes—provided important food sources for the Wabanaki, or People of the Dawnland. The Passamaquoddy and other coastal people collected sea urchins, among other crustaceans, as part of their diet.
Jeremy Frey’s basket is inspired by the small round animal with a hard shell. To construct it, he weaves materials over a hand-carved mold—a meticulous and time-consuming process. The use of the color purple, along with the smooth woven surface, symbolizes the lifecycle of the urchin itself, suggesting that this basket is a dedication to the deceased creature when it was found on the beach.
Untitled, Stonewall, 2020 Cyanotype on paper
56 x 42 inches
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.32
© Aaron Stephan
Aaron Stephan’s large-scale cyanotypes address questions of what it traditionally means to make public art and monuments. A cyanotype is a historic photographic process that produces cyan blueprints through exposure to UV (ultraviolet) light. Stephan began this series at the outset of the 2020 pandemic. Later that year, nearly 200 Confederate monuments across the country were dismantled. Stephan responded with images that reveal “the fragility and falseness” of monuments once intended to convey strength and power.
Owl’s Head Light, Rockland, Maine, c. 1856
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 33 1/8 inches
Bequest of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Noyce, 1997.3.31
Penobscot Bay was a favorite subject for Fitz Henry Lane, who sailed on several occasions along the Gloucester, Massachusetts coast as far as Mount Desert Island in Maine seeking inspiration for his work. This scene of storm-tossed boats and heavy seas in Rockland Harbor was one of several paintings devised from sketches he made during an 1855 voyage along the Maine coast.
Ice Cut (Violet Kennebec), 2022
Oil on linen
80 x 90 inches
Museum Purchase, Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund, 2022.28
© Eric Aho
This painting explores the history of the global ice industry in the 19th century. Ice from the Kennebec River in Maine was notable for its remarkable color qualities, pureness, and flavor. The excised blocks were a special blue and set the industry standard for quality. In the winter of 1891, there were no fewer than 40 ice harvesting operations at work on the Kennebec, each with an attendant ice house on the riverbank. Holes carved into the ice, such as the one in this painting, at about this same scale, marked the first step in the harvesting process.
This painting’s central shape is a deep inky violet because its particular hue was taken from direct observation of water passing beneath the ice in winter.
Edward Hopper and his wife Josephine spent seven weeks in Rockland, Maine, arriving by steamboat at Tilson Avenue. He had previously enjoyed productive visits to Monhegan Island and Ogunquit; those were renowned artist destinations while Rockland was at the time famed more for industry and its hard-working reputation. Hopper, who is celebrated for his images of New York City and its disconnection, found inspiration in Rockland’s architecture and industry, creating more than twenty watercolors of the city’s buildings, transportation systems, and lime quarries.
Macbeth Gallery in New York City launched the career of Andrew Wyeth. Two years later, in 1939, he first depicted Rockland, a subject that he painted through 1998. Wyeth, who was raised in rural Pennsylvania and summered in Cushing, Maine, is revered for his visionary practice in rural isolation and sought out nature even within his scenes of shipyards and busy waterfronts, as he united the architecture with the local vegetation.
far left : Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Talbot’s House, 1926, watercolor on paper, 13 7/8 x 19 ¹⁵/₁₆ inches. Private Collection, courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York © 2023 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS)
middle : Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), Rockland Light, 1961, watercolor on paper, 29 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches. Collection of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, M0193 © 2023 Wyeth Foundation for American Art/ Artists Rights Society (ARS)
top right : A View of the Williams House from the Williams Quarry, n.d. Courtesy of The Rockland Historical Society
Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine brings together these two artists, marking their first exhibition together in 20 years. Their works—including five watercolors that the Farnsworth conserved specifically for this exhibition—are paired with archival photographs of the subjects depicted within Rockland. Organized by the Farnsworth, in collaboration with the Brandywine Museum of Art, curators provide new perspectives and scholarship after mining the archives at the museum and Rockland Historical Society. Through these artists’ works, the exhibition presents a rich narrative of Rockland’s history and foregrounds how a place can be a springboard to unique artistic pursuits.
The quarries, railroads, ships, houses, and lighthouses that once surrounded—and in some cases still surround—the Farnsworth Art Museum provided rich material for Hopper and Wyeth. Audiences will enjoy the rare opportunity to explore the stylistic comparisons and the creative processes of these two giants of American art, as well as the commonalities and divergences of their interests in subject matter, side by side—in the very community where the works were created.
Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine is organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum in collaboration with the Brandywine Museum of Art. The exhibition is supplemented by a fully illustrated catalogue. •
top : Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Haunted House, 1926, watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches. Farnsworth Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.1775 © 2023 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS).
middle : Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), Rockland Harbor, 1954, watercolor on paper, 10 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches. Farnsworth Art Museum, Bequest of Edward Hyde Cox, 1998.17.3 © 2023 Wyeth Foundation for American Art/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
bottom: Catalogue for Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine
EDWARD HOPPER and ANDREW WYETH: ROCKLAND MAINE
Andrew Wyeth created more than 7,000 works in his astonishing, seven-decade career, yet only 15% of these have ever been exhibited.
That’s about to change, thanks to an incredible new partnership between the Wyeth Foundation for American Art—set up by the artist and his wife and business manager, Betsy, in 2002—the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and the Farnsworth Art Museum. As early as fall 2023, never-before-seen works by Andrew Wyeth will be on view in the Farnsworth’s Wyeth Study Center and Hadlock Galleries, inviting visitors to discover an unknown side of this celebrated artist.
This new partnership is about more than just exhibiting works that were previously archived, however—it’s about expanding the narratives around Wyeth, his work and that of his contemporaries, and the places that he loved. It is because of this partnership, for example, that the Farnsworth is able to proudly share this traditional hand-crafted birchbark canoe by Passamaquoddy artist and activist David Moses Bridges (19622017). Bridges learned from his great-grandfather Sylvester Gabriel how to build canoes that were sturdy enough to navigate the Atlantic Ocean and sleek enough to slice easily among the bays and rivers. He harvested materials with Wyeth to build this canoe on Allen Island. On loan from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, the birchbark canoe offers an opportunity to share stories about a friendship, about Maine, and about Passamaquoddy communities and artistic disciplines.
David Moses Bridges’ canoe is on view as part of The Farnsworth at 75: New Voices from Maine in American Art.
David Moses Bridges (1962–2017) Canoe, 2005
Birch bark and other natural materials
Collection of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art
On view through October 29, 2023
Anna Christina Olson is one of the most recognizable subjects in all of modern art thanks to Andrew Wyeth’s depiction of her in his 1948 tempera, Christina’s World . But what do we know about her brother, Alvaro?
Alvaro’s World: Andrew Wyeth and the Olson House turns the focus from Christina to her sibling through Wyeth’s works—how Alvaro sustained their lives through demanding work as a fisherman, farmer, and carpenter-repairman for their 1870s farmhouse. From 1938 to 1968, as Wyeth made more than 300 works in and around the Olson House, he captured Alvaro’s commitment to life on this remote peninsula, during a time when the Olsons were faced with rural poverty, environmental challenges, and regular upkeep of the farm.
This unique exhibition shows works drawn primarily from the Marunuma Art Park collection in Asaka, Japan. The Farnsworth is the only American venue for this exhibition, which is unlikely to return to the United States, so don’t miss this opportunity to contemplate these works together and immerse yourself in Alvaro’s life.
Collection
While Alvaro’s World depicts daily life at the Olson House in Cushing, Maine in the middle of the 20th century, the Farnsworth Art Museum takes crucial steps to ensure that future generations of people from Maine and beyond can enjoy this location that so inspired Andrew Wyeth.
In 2020, a Save America’s Treasures Grant was awarded to the museum by the National Park Service to fund a Historic Structures Report of the Olson House. The report was presented to the museum in 2022 and details current conditions, urgent and immediate needs, 3-to-5-year preservation demands, and more.
Preserving a National Historic Landmark: The Olson House , an exhibition on view in the Wyeth Center, highlights this work, as we use minimally invasive approaches to protect, stabilize, maintain and repair the Olson House. This site in Cushing has been shaped in appearance and spirit over thousands of years: long ago by Indigenous Peoples, by colonist seamen and farmers, by storytellers and artists, and since being acquired by the Farnsworth Art Museum in 1991, by scholars, curators, and more than 200,000 visitors from around the world.
Thanks to the care we’re putting into the site, countless more will be able to visit it and experience the building similar to how it would have appeared during Wyeth’s life.
For more information about preservation efforts at the Olson House or to support this important work, contact Ann Scheflen, Chief Advancement Officer at ascheflen@farnsworthmuseum.org or call 207-390-6002.
left : Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) First Watercolor of Olsons , 1939 Watercolor on paper 15 x 21 inches of the Marunuma Art Park © 2023 Wyeth Foundation for American Art/ Artists Rights Society (ARS) top right : George Tice (born 1938) Olson House, Cushing , 1970 Gelatin silver print 11 x 8 1/2 inches Museum Purchase, 2016.1.3 © George Tice left : Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), Reshingling the Roof, 1952, watercolor on paper, 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches. Collection of the Marunuma Art Park. © 2023 Wyeth Foundation for American Art/Artists Rights Society (ARS) top : Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), Alvaro on Front Doorstep, 1942, watercolor on paper, 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches. Collection of the Marunuma Art Park. © 2023 Wyeth Foundation for American Art/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
On view through September 24, 2023
The Farnsworth Art Museum is currently taking tremendous steps to grow its collection to be more inclusive of a wider range of modern art forms and of artists from different backgrounds. As we look both to our history and to the future on our 75th anniversary, it felt apt to give our 2023 Maine in America award —intended to honor an individual or group who has made an outstanding contribution to Maine’s role in American art—to the Alex Katz Foundation.
Katz is a pivotal figure of Maine art who received this award individually in 2010. We are pleased to recognize the Alex Katz Foundation this year for its commitment to contemporary art and the careers of living artists. A selection of the Foundation’s gifts of art to the Farnsworth are on view in Maine in America 2023.
The Museum celebrates the Alex Katz Foundation with programs and events including the Farnsworth 75th Anniversary Gala.
opposite : Janet Fish (1882–1967), Fruit Juice Glasses , 2005, oil on canvas, 36 x 50 inches. Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2007.4. ©Janet Fish / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY top : Bernard Langlais (1921–1977), Poodle, 1977, painted wood, 41 x 43 x 13 inches. Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2006.3
Earlier this year, curators at the Farnsworth Art Museum reinstalled the galleries and diversified the media and representation in the museum’s collection, in large part through the Lynne Drexler Acquisition Fund. As a result, there are more works by a wider range of living Maine artists on view than ever before. Some of these artists are our neighbors who are shaping our state right now.
In 2022, the Farnsworth received a transformative grant of $50,000 from IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) to produce a new series of filmed artist interviews that explore the creative goals of these artists. Rockland filmmaker Scott Sell—a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism—and Farnsworth staff spent several months traveling across the state to interview these artists in their studios.
This summer, we are proud to share these videos with visitors on our digital platforms, so you can discover more about the creative practices of artists such as Elizabeth Atterbury, Gideon Bok , Séan Alonzo Harris , Daniel Minter, and Theresa Secord . Taken together, these videos present a splendid opportunity to learn about their unique perspectives, to get to know them as people and artists, and to celebrate the accomplishments of our vibrant and diverse arts community.
séan alonzo harris
theresa secord
gideon bok
daniel minter
elizabeth atterbury
The generous support of individuals, foundations, corporations and local businesses provide critical funding for operations, exhibitions, programming, education and acquisition. On behalf of the board of trustees, we honor all who make our collective achievements possible. Thank you to our many supporters who help us celebrate Maine’s role in American art.
1948 Society
As of December 31, 2022
We honor these visionary donors who have given more than $100,000 cumulatively to our museum, historic sites, and library. Together this group has contributed more than $66 million to the institution and to art and culture in Maine.
$5 Million+
MBNA America
The Wyeth Foundation
$2 Million+
Julie and Charles Cawley /The Cawley Family Foundation
Edwin F. Gamble
Evelyn and Gerry Isom
$1 Million+
Anonymous
Charles Altschul
Gail Catharine and John Bertuzzi
Ann and Dick Costello
Edith R. Dixon
Lucy Farnsworth left a $1.3 million legacy to found the William A. Farnsworth Library & Museum for the people of Rockland. Today, the museum generates a $58 million economic impact on the region and state.
Libra Foundation
MBNA Foundation
Barbara and Peter McSpadden
Ellen C. L. Simmons and Family
Alice and Wickham Skinner
Olive C. Watson
$500,000+
Anonymous
Linda L. Bean
Stephanie L. Brown
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Chichester duPont Foundation, Inc.
Fletcher Family Foundation
Vicki and Alan Goldstein
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Alex Katz Foundation, Inc.
Virginia and Wayne Libhart
Carolyn and William Lieber
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Paige and Kenneth Noland
Elizabeth Noyce / Elizabeth B. Noyce
Charitable Lead Trust
Maurine and Robert Rothschild
Mrs. Stuart Symington
Up East Foundation
Arthur K. Watson Charitable Trust
Wyeth Foundation for American Art
$250,000+
Adelson Galleries
KK and Douglas Auchincloss
Roberta and Kenneth Axelson
Camden National Bank
Cascade Foundation
CCM Community Development LI LLC
Mary Baldwin Collins and Keith Collins
Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc.
Marylouise Tandy Cowan
Mazie Livingston Cox and Brinkley Thorne
The Davis Family Foundation
Clarence & Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery
Elizabeth and Michael Dingman
Daniel Emery
Fidelity Foundation
Frank E. Fowler
Anne and James Jenkins
Jean and Jay Kislak
Barbara and Donald Lowry
Jacqueline B. Mars
Liv Rockefeller and Ken Shure
Elisse Walter and Ron Stern
Alice L. Walton Foundation
$100,000+
Anonymous (5)
The Anonimo Foundation
American Foundation Corporation
Sarah and John Ames
Arison Arts Foundation
Kit and Richard Aroneau
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Charlotte and Christopher Beebe
Lillian Berliawsky
David A. Blanton, III
Holly Boyd and Nick Ruffin
Charles Butt
Jennifer and Paul Cabot
Mary Ann and Churchill Carey, Jr.
Lois Chiles and Richard Gilder / The Gilder Foundation
Susan Goodridge Crane
William Davis
Sylvia A. de Leon and Lynn R. Coleman
T.M. Deford
Sally and Allen Fernald
First National Bank
Joan and Richard Foxwell
Harborside Consultants, Inc.
Jane’s Trust Foundation
Molly and Frederic Kellogg
Donna and Greg Knowlton
Kohler Foundation, Inc.
The Kresge Foundation
Betsy Kunkle
A. Bodine Lamont
Michelle and Larry Lasser / The Birchrock Foundation
John H. MacFadyen
Maine Arts Commission
Maine Department of Economic & Community Development
Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
Kathleen and William May
Carol and Ed Miller
The National Endowment for the Arts
National Park Service Save America’s Treasures
Jean and Harvey Picker / Branta Foundation
Tina and Joe Pyne
Gustavus Remak Ramsay
Beth and Tom Renyi
David Rockefeller, Sr.
Carolyn and John Rosenblum
Emily and James Rowan
The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
Kaki and J.P. Smith
Strathmore Paper
S. Donald Sussman
Estate of William E. Thon
The Van Otterloo Family Foundation
Laura and Ed Waller
The Walton Family Foundation
Kathryn B. Wilson
Our heartfelt thanks to these individuals who, like our founder Lucy Farnsworth, ensure we will continue to fulfill our mission in the years to come through their generous bequests and estate gifts.
Anonymous (4)
Ms. Paula Armbruster
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aroneau
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Axelson*
Ms. Cynthia Kellogg Barrington*
Mr. and Mrs.* Doug Bekkedahl
Mr.* and Mrs. Roger Berlind
Mr. George X. Bernier*
Mary Alice and John Bird
Mr. Alan L. Bird*
Mr. Alton Hall Blackington*
Janice Blood*
Ms. Mary Boudreau*
Mrs. Joan Ryerson Brewster*
Mrs. Virginia C. Brooks*
Mr. Colin Brown*
Mr. Edwin L. Brown*
Mrs. Ruth Brown
Mr. Walter Bueher*
Mr. Dana R. Burnham*
Jean Winifred Rowell Burrage*
Steve J. Caminis
Gianne Conard
Ms. Lisa D. Coon*
Ann and Dick Costello
Susan Covington, PhD
Mr. Edward Hyde Cox*
Ms. Mary Meeker Cramer*
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Davis*
Katherine M. de Rochemont*
Philip Dinkins and Edmond Lally
Mr. and Mrs. C. Jay Dunton
Mr. Harry R. Eaton*
Ms. Martha Wyeth Elkins
Mr. Daniel Emery
Mrs. Eleanor Crosby Erdman
Miss Lucy Copeland Farnsworth*
Mr. Nairn B. Farnsworth
Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Fernald
Mr. Herbert L. Fink*
Ms. Betty R. Fisher*
Gertrude Fiske*
Mr. Charles L. Fox*
Mr. Richard W. Foxwell*
Mr. Edwin F. Gamble*
Mr.* and Mrs. Charles D. Gibson
Mrs. Victoria R. Goldstein
Bess Battey Gowdy*
Ms. Katherine Haines*
Bill Halbert and Howard David Christian*
Emily V. Hall*
Elinor L. Hallowell*
William D. Hamill*
Ruth Haskell*
Mr. Donelson Hoopes*
David G. Hopkins and David W. Wilson
Mrs. Anne W. Jenkins
Mr. Frederic R. Kellogg
Dr. Frank W. Kibbe*
Mr. Charles H. Knickerbocker*
Robert E. Kulp, Jr.
Betsy Kunkle
Mrs. A. Bodine Lamont*
Edna Lamson*
Ms. Barbara Lannon*
Kay Wilson Lehr
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Leone
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lowry*
Harriet Carlton Luce*
Mr. John H. MacFadyen*
Ms. Martha Mason*
Ms. Robin Watt Masters*
Mr. Stephen May*
Mr.* and Mrs. William F. May
Mr. Malvin J. Mayer*
Ms. Anna B. McCoy
Ms. Maude Robin McCoy
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. McSpadden*
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Meissner*
Mr. Robert Messer*
Mr. William Franklin Mitchell*
Anita Card Montgomery*
Erin M. Nelson
Carla Appel Nesbitt*
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Noyce*
Mrs. Anne P. Owsley*
Mr. William J.L. Parker*
Alice Robbins Richard*
Mr. Gary Rodrigues and Ms. Robin Buckley
Mr. Maurice T. Root*
Emily and James Rowan
Mrs. Marilyn M. Saltus
Mr. Edwin Murray Senter*
Mrs. Nancy B. Sheldon*
Anita and Robert Siegenthaler
Alice and Wickham Skinner*
Ethel M. Smith*
Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith*
Harriet W. St. Clair*
Alice H. Stenger*
Ms. Judith F. Stevenson
Ms. Barbara B. Stimson*
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Straus*
Geraldine King Tam*
Susan and Norman Thomas
Estate of William E. Thon*
Ms. Deborah Tobey
Anna Mae Twigg
Mrs. Irene von Horvath*
Edward M. Waller Jr. and Laura R. Waller
Mrs. Olive C. Watson*
Ms. Agnes Wheeler*
Mrs. Arthur Williston*
Mrs. Bertha Winslow*
Ms. Sarah M. Woolworth
Mr. Andrew Wyeth* *Deceased
Through February 1, 2022
Thank you to these special friends whose generous support helped strengthen the Farnsworth and prepare it for the future in our recent $12 million campaign.
$1,000,000+
Gail Catharine and John Bertuzzi
Ann and Dick Costello
Evelyn and Gerry Isom
Estate of Wickham Skinner
$500,000-$999,999
Charles Altschul
Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon
$250,000-$499,999
Stephanie L. Brown
Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation
Fidelity Foundation
Victoria and Alan Goldstein
Jacqueline B. Mars
Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern
Alice L. Walton Foundation
The Wyeth Foundation
$100,000-$249,999
Anonymous (2)
Cascade Foundation
Mazie Livingston Cox and Brinkley Thorne
Sylvia A. de Leon and Lynn R. Coleman
Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery
Fletcher Family Foundation
The Gilder Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Anne and James Jenkins
Kohler Foundation, Inc.
National Park Service/Save America’s Treasures
Elizabeth and Thomas Renyi
Ellen C. L. Simmons & Family
Kaki and J.P. Smith
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art
$50,000-$99,999
Anonymous
CedarWorks/Susan and Duncan Brown
Estate of Katherine M. De Rochemont
Lisa and Brian Garrison
Emory and Fred Hamilton
Donna and Gregory Knowlton
Liv Rockefeller and Kenneth Shure
Anne and James Rogers
Laura and Ed Waller
$25,000-$49,999
Anonymous (2)
Katharyn and Richard Aroneau
The Birchrock Foundation
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Ms. Betty Long and Dr. Theodore Long
Carol and Edward Miller
Tina and Joe Pyne
Todd Robinson
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
Broeksmit Family Foundation
Paula Carreiro and Peter Branch
Susan Goodridge Crane
The Davis Family Foundation
Elizabeth Kunkle
Emily and James Rowan
Susan and Norman Thomas
Supporters:
Anne Susan and Nevins Baxter
Carolyn Davis and Ned Black
David A. Blanton III
Isabelle and Hanley Bodek
Muffie and Louis Cabot
Sally and Allen Fernald
Connie Hayes and George Terrien
Lynn Ravitz and Scott Isdaner
Lydia S. Kaeyer
Molly and Frederic Kellogg
Cynthia Hyde and James Kinnealey
Leonard Kizner and Jeffrey Tucker
Lisa Kranc Charitable Fund
Robert E. Kulp, Jr.
Rochelle and Jim Putnam
A singular mission to tell the story of Maine's contribution to American art drives the Farnsworth. This past year, the museum expanded representation by women and artists of color with the acquisition of more than 50 works by artists with deep connections to Maine.
January 1, 2022–December 31, 2022
We are grateful for the many people, companies, and organizations that help us every day to engage others in the discovery of art.
$250,000+
Ann and Dick Costello
Evelyn and Gerry Isom
$100,000-$249,999
Stephanie L. Brown
Fletcher Family Foundation
Wyeth Foundation for American Art
$50,000-$99,999
Anonymous
Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc.
Edith R. Dixon
Edwin F. Gamble Charitable Lead Trust
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Manitou Fund
$25,000-$24,999
Anonymous
The Anonimo Foundation
Linda L. Bean
Holly Boyd and Nick Ruffin
Camden National Bank
First National Bank
Lisa and Brian Garrison
Vicki and Alan Goldstein
Jodie Willard Photography
Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
Onion Foundation
Robert Lehman Foundation
The Van Otterloo Family Foundation
The Wyeth Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (4)
Kenneth and Roberta Axelson Fund
Anne Susan and Nevins Baxter
Doug Bekkedahl
Gail Catharine and John Bertuzzi
Cascade Foundation
Lois Chiles
Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery
Wendy and Gentner Drummond
Eric and Simone Lang Foundation
Eileen and E. James Ferland
Valerie and Kenneth Foster
Karen Foxwell
Anna Grace and Paul Holloway
Marney and David Hupper
Susan and Craig Hupper
Donna and Gregory Knowlton
Lisa Kranc Charitable Fund
Libra Foundation
Maxine Whalen Millar
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Jeannie Murphy
Dorsey Dee Murray
Heidi and Kevin Naughton
Reny Charitable Foundation
Beth and Tom Renyi
Emily and James Rowan
Madelyn and Luther Sadler
Elisse Walter and Ron Stern
Susan and William Thomas
Anna Mae Twigg
$5,000-$9,999
The 1772 Foundation
250 Main Hotel
Ann Beha and Robert Radloff
Carolyn Davis and Ned Black
Blanket Fort Foundation
Mazie Livingston Cox and Brinkley Thorne
Kathleen and Jack Deupree
Dowling Walsh Gallery
Daniel Emery
Lucy and Bill Farland
Fisher Charitable Foundation
Katherine and Bruce Garren
Judith Holden
Robert E. Kulp, Jr.
Felicia Leibman
Dr. Theodore E. and Ms. Betty G. Long
Drs. Robyn and Bob Metcalfe
Elizabeth and Thomas Murley
Gayle and David Noble
Peter Rothschild
Liv Rockefeller and Ken Shure
Constance and Eric Silverman
The Snider Foundation
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Sheryl and Dan Tishman
Genevieve Pluhowski and Russell Wiggin
Alex Woodruff
Judith and Allen Zern
$2,500-$4,999
Betsy and Philip Allen
Kit and Richard Aroneau
Katherine and Eric Baumgartner
Christopher Beebe
Elizabeth and Bernard Blum
Ann and Rick Bresnahan
Sylvia and Eddie Brown
Sue-Ann and William Buckley
Virginia M. Campbell
Toshiko Mori and James Carpenter
Susan Goodridge Crane
Hilary H. Creighton
Susan and Sanford Criner
Ellen Sudow and Joseph Higdon
Ellen and Jack Holland
Barbara and Charles Hughes
Mary Susan Leahy
Kay Wilson Lehr
Carol and Ed Miller
Diane and Stephen Nelson
Plimpton Shattuck Fund of The Boston Foundation
F.L. Putnam Investment Management Company
Joyce and James Richter
Klara and Larry Silverstein
Ambassador Dana Shell Smith and Ray Smith
Kaki and J.P. Smith
Beverly and Ronald Smith
Marilyn and James Steane
Helen B. Stern
Kari and Bob Suva
Susan G. Taylor
Susan and Norman Thomas
Christi and Jan Van Heek
Kathy and Timothy Weber
$1,000-$2,499
James G. Bennett III
Harris J. Bixler
Vivian and Marc Brodsky
Ruth Brown, Hank Meil, and Carlie
Amy and Robert Campbell
CedarWorks
Michaela and Jeffrey Colquhoun
B.J. and William Cowie
Sheryl and Clifford Dacso
Lou Ann Daly
Katherine and David Doub
Edward G. Ewing
Sally and Allen Fernald
Cindy and David Fitch
Martha Flanagan and Fred Hebert
Judith and Phillip George
Merna and Joseph Guttentag
Carole and W. Patrick Hughes
Cynthia Hyde and James Kinnealey
Ann and Kirk Jenne
Catherine and James Kinsella
Leonard Kizner and Jeffrey Tucker
Elizabeth Krementz and Bill Byrne
Gretchen and William Leone
Jenny Morrill-Liddle and Richard Liddle
Esther and Peter McEvoy
Patrisha McLean
Barbara McNulty and Richard Stuart
Middlecott Foundation
Cary Slocum and Glenn Montgomery
Tamra and Gerald Muir
Page Gallery
Susan C. Petersmeyer
Lynn C. Potoff
Michael Rancourt
Lisa and Hal Reynolds
Marilyn and James Rockefeller
Carolyn and John Rosenblum
Richard A. Russack, Jr.
Elizabeth S. Saltonstall
Mitchell Lichtenstein and Vincent Sanchez
Ellen Seidman and Walt Slocombe
Sandra and Terry Strine
Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax
Sunset Knoll Landscaping
Thendara Foundation
Alix T. Thorne
Louise Turan and William George
Diane Umstead and Rex Vanmiddlesworth
Ann and Frederick Walker
Joan M. Webster
Mary H. White
Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation
Beverly and David Worthington
Joan Wright and Howard Robbins
50% of the Farnsworth’s operating budget is covered by contributions from individuals, businesses and foundations.
In its first year, 14,000 people toured the museum.
Modern-day attendance reaches 80,000 to 100,000 and visitors come from all over the world.
October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022
Gift of Stephen H. Israel
Samuel Rolt Triscott (1847-1925)
Untitled , late 19th/early 20th century
Watercolor on paper, 14 7/8 x 19 1/8 inches
Gift of Stephen H. Israel, 2021.6.1
Samuel Rolt Triscott (1847-1925)
Untitled , late 19th/early 20th century
Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13 1/4 inches
Gift of Stephen H. Israel, 2021.6.2
Samuel Rolt Triscott (1847-1925)
Untitled , late 19th/early 20th century
Watercolor on paper, 17 3/8 x 27 1/4 inches
Gift of Stephen H. Israel, 2021.6.3
Samuel Rolt Triscott (1847-1925)
Untitled , late 19th/early 20th century
Oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches
Gift of Stephen H. Israel, 2021.6.4
Gift of Mr. William D. Hamill & Family
Jessie Salisbury (born 1972)
Torqued Obelisk , 2015
Carved Sullivan granite, 15 x 10 x 10 feet
Gift of Mr. William D. Hamill & Family, 2021.7
Gift of Sylvia de Leon
Cig Harvey (born 1973)
The Compost Heap , 2019
Sublimation dye print, 48 x 64 inches
Gift of Sylvia DeLeon, 2021.8
Gift of The Matthew and Ellen Simmons Family
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945)
Corn Harvest in the Hill Country (Study for the Progressive Farmer)
Charcoal drawing on paper, 33 3/8 x 23 3/4 inches
The Matthew and Ellen Simmons Family, 2021.9.1
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945)
The Rescue (Study for Coast Guard to the Rescue)
Charcoal drawing on paper, 34 3/8 x 32 inches
The Matthew and Ellen Simmons Family, 2021.9.2
N.C Wyeth (1882-1945)
Captain George Waymouth on the Georges River, 1937
Oil on panel, 38 1/8 x 21 inches
Gift of the Matthew and Ellen Simmons Family, 2022.20
Gift of Peter Weiss
N.C. Wyeth Archival Gift
Gift of Peter Weiss, 2021.10
Gift of Abigail Gerdts
A Selection of “Little Magazines”
Bradley, His Book
Small format
Vol. 1, no. 1-May, 1896
Color lithograph
Unpaginated, 28 pages. Illustrations in color by Bradley and Edward Penfield. Wayside Press
Et. al.
Gift of Abigail Gerdts, 2021.11
Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center
Ashley Bryan (1923-2022)
Family Gathering Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY, 1962
Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.13.2
Ashley Bryan (1923-2022)
Studio Still Life Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY, 1962
Oil on canvas, 35 x 48 inches
Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.13.3
Ashley Bryan (1923-2022)
Grape Pickers Sing to the Sun , 1992
Oil on canvas. 36 1/2 x 48 1/4 inches
Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.13.1
Gift of Alston Conley in memory of Mary Armstrong
Mary Armstrong (1948-2020)
Tsunami , 2015-17
Oil and wax on three panels, 24 x 72 x 74 inches, overall
Gift of Alston Conley in memory of Mary Armstrong, 2022.1a-c
Gift of Anonymous
Ann Craven (born 1967)
Moon (Pink Harvest Moon, Bright Red Dancing Trees, Cushing , 2021), 2021
Oil on linen, 84 x 60 inches 2022.2
Gift of Ann and Dick Costello
Daniel Minter (born 1961)
A Distant Holla: Deep Inside Us , 2021
Mixed media wood construction, 62 x 62 x 6 inches
Gift of Ann and Dick Costello, Beverly Hills, California, 2022.3
Gift of Lisa and Brian Garrison
Daniel Minter (born 1961)
Beneath 8 , 2021
Linocut on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Gift of Lisa and Brian Garrison, 2022.4
Bequest of Carla Appel, Washington, D.C.
Bernarda Shahn (1903-2004)
Encounter, 1975
Oil on paper mounted on linen and board, 32 3/4 x 47 inches
Bequest of Carla Appel, Washington, D.C. 2022.5
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Milton Avery, 65.3 , 1965
Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 x 3/4 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.1
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Two Generations, 92.8 , 1992
Oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.2
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled 57-W18A , 1957
Watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 1/4 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.3
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled, 57-W13A, 1957
Watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 1/4 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.4
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled , 1977
Watercolor on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.5
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Black Horses, Birch Trees, 2005
Watercolor on paper, 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.6
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled , 1950
Ink and crayon on paper, 23 1/2 x 18 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.7
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled , 1994
Ink on paper, 11 x 15 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.8
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Untitled , 1975
Ink on paper, 7 x 11 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.9
Stephen Pace (1918-2010)
Horses at Beach , 1981
Lithograph on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches
Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, 2022.6.10
Gift of Paul Villinski
Paul Villinski (born 1960)
Landscape , 2011
Found wood (Police Line barrier), aluminum (found beer cans), stainless steel wire, 41 x 49 1/2 x 9 inches
Gift of the artist, 2022.8
Gift of Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery
Lynne Drexler (1928-1999)
Shimmering Rays , 1968
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
Gift of Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery, 2022.21.1
Lynne Drexler (1928-1999)
Untitled
Oil on canvas, 16 x 11 inches
Gift of Susan Deutsch and Carlisle Towery, 2022.21.2
Gift of Alex Katz
Alex Katz (born 1927)
Martha 2 , 2022
Oil on linen, 36 x 36 inches
Gift of the Alex Katz, 2022.22
Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation
Nicole Wittenberg (born 1979)
Cardinal Cove , 2021
Oil on canvas, 48 x 66 inches
Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2022.23
Gift of David Newman and Deirdre
Steinberg
Arnold Newman (1918-2006)
Edward Hopper, 1941
Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches
Gift of David Newman and Deirdre Steinberg, 2022.27.1
Arnold Newman (1918-2006)
John Sloan , 1941
Gelatin silver print, 8 x10 inches
Gift of David Newman and Deirdre Steinberg, 2022.27.2
Gift of Eric Newman and Janice Gepner
Arnold Newman (1918-2006)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi , 1941
Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches
Gift of Eric Newman and Janice Gepner, 2022.26.1
Arnold Newman (American, 1918-2006)
Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keefe , 1944
Gelatin silver print, 8 x10 inches
Gift of Eric Newman and Janice Gepner, 2022.26.2
Arnold Newman (American, 1918-2006)
Igor Stravinsky, 1946
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches
Gift of Eric Newman and Janice Gepner, 2022.26.3
In 1944, the museum purchased 4 works by a young Andrew Wyeth. Today, the collection comprises more than 15,000 objects by 1,300 artists, and is recognized as one of the nation's great painting collections.
Memorials and Tributes
January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022
In Memory of Ashley Bryan and in Honor of his Exhibition
Karen M and Robert W Sweet Jr Fund
In Memory of David Christian
Jim Halbert
In Honor of Kate Coffey
Kathryn and Michael Clarke
In fond Memory of Judith E. Crosby of Belfast
Kim Matthews
In Memory of Fellowes Davis, Teacher of Art History, Pingree School
Leigh and Rothwell Pool
In Honor of the late Maxine Edelman
Ellen Hollingsworth
In Honor of Kathleen Ellis
Wendy and James Rapaport
In Honor of Docent Deirdre Felton
Barbara and John Davidson
2,000 youth participate in Farnsworth education programs every year.
In Honor of Lisa Garrison
Stacy Winick
In Honor of Jack Holland’s Birthday
Janette and James Wells
In Appreciation of the work of Ann Holton
Sheryl and Clifford Dacso Fund
In Honor of Marney Hupper
Constance and Eric Silverman
In Honor of Michael K. Komanecky
Martha Wyeth and Lyle Elkins
Anna Mae Twigg
In Memory of Louise Avery Lewis
April Kanew
Sara and David Marsh
Karen and Jeffrey Heft
Laurie Shipley
Kathleen and Phillip Carey
Ralla and James Coker
Lynn and Robert Donner
In Honor of Emily Pote and Hannah Jansen
Donald Sprague and Ray Grant
In Memory of Bud and Sonia Spalding
Barbara Spalding
In Honor of Ronald A. Stern
Deena Schneider
In Memory of Bevery Wainer
Leona and Alan Marx
In Honor of Rachel and Jay Zoller
Mary Ellen and James Rudolph
Farnsworth Art Museum Endowments
Andrew Wyeth Memorial Endowment
Anonymous
Edwin F. Gamble Charitable Lead Trust
Estate of William E. Thon
Museum Education Endowment
Phyllis Wyeth Director of Learning & Engagement
Skinner Director’s Fund
Stephen May and Katherine B. Wilson
Endowment
Wyeth Day Event Endowment
Every effort is made to ensure that the information included is accurate. If any inadvertent errors or omissions have occurred, kindly notify Ann Scheflen, Chief Advancement Officer, so that we may correct our records.
Farnsworth staff members share a singular focus to make every visitor experience terrific.
Gerry Isom, President
Stephanie L. Brown, Vice President
Lisa Garrison, Vice President
Paula Carreiro, Secretary
Gregory Knowlton, Treasurer
Alexis Akre
Alla Broeksmit
Sylvia A. de Leon
Wendy Drummond
Victoria R. Goldstein
Lisa Kranc
Robert E. Kulp Jr.
Betty G. Long
Thomas Renyi
James A. Rowan
Kenneth Shure
Ron Stern
Susan Thomas
Laura Wack
Presidents Emeriti
Charles Altschul
Richard Aroneau
Susan M. Deutsch
H. Allen Fernald
Anne W. Jenkins
Frederic R. Kellogg
Trustees Emeriti
Gail Catharine Bertuzzi
Mazie Livingston Cox
Betsy Kunkle
John Rosenblum
Ex Officio
Christopher J. Brownawell
The museum’s first board of directors was established in 1958. Today’s Farnsworth Board is 20 members strong and is national in scope.
Celebrating Maine’s important role in American art, the Farnsworth offers a nationally recognized collection of 15,000 works from many of America’s greatest artists.
16 Museum Street Rockland, ME 04841
info@farnsworthmuseum.org
207.596.6457 | farnsworthmuseum.org
We appreciate your support of all we do!
To make a donation, please visit farnsworthmuseum.org or email Ann Scheflen, ascheflen@farnsworthmuseum.org
Farnsworth Magazine Staff
Robert Ker, Editor
Cecilia Rebecca Ziko, Designer
Ann Scheflen, Chief Advancement Officer
David Troup, Marketing & Communications Manager
Your purchase supports everything the Farnsworth does to celebrate Maine’s role in American art.
Spindles Versatile Necklace, $60 The Art of Protest, $60
Member discounts on all purchases— in-person and online!
Open 7 Days 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 16 Museum Street Rockland, ME 04841
(207) 596-5789
farnsworthmuseum.org/ museum-store
Scan to Shop
16 Museum Street
Rockland, ME 04841
farnsworthmuseum.org
From new exhibitions to a robust and dynamic calendar of events...
Stay connected and make the Farnsworth a part of your Maine summer.
subscribe for email updates
And follow along...
farnsworthmuseum
farnsworth_art
farnsworthmuseum
farnsworthmuseum.org
