1 0 SPIRIT OF MAINE LifeOnASovietFretghIer Kevin L eDuc
1 6 MaineJobs; Five For The 1900s Frederick Schwartz
2 2 EmiIv Muir
PaitilingAWorkini>Maine Coi. in Sargent
4 0 Auctions: Roseville Ari Pottery Colin S argent
4 4 Fietion Eternity & The Price Of Meat Emily M iir On The Cover Detailfrom"TallyingTheLobsters— Stonington,"byEmilyMuir
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In1960RobertLowellwroteof“Mas¬ sachusettslow-tidedolor,”ofagray world drained by the moon. And as depressing as that can be in Nov¬ ember,withitsbrokenlobstertraps and medicine colored seaweed, it’s instructive.Turningthatsentiment upside down, I’ve begun responding bycelebratingMaine’shightides!
Food for the naive, they’re the ocean’spayday,abankerrorinyour favor,brimmingwithbluebirds,stars, robins,freshmintedpennies,buckets ofluck.They’recheapthrillsthatcome inwinnerstwiceadayforanyonewil¬ lingtolookupfromhisorhertroubles longenoughtoenjoythissortofnauti¬ calexacta.Nobody’sglassishalffull whenit’shightide!
High tide also brings increased Maine-Sovietrelationsonthewater¬ front.Giftsoffriendship(photos, addresses,Sovietrublesandcurious redandwhitecigarettepackageswith SovietSurgeonGeneralwarnings)float¬ edintoourofficealongwithKevin LeDuc'sexcellentphotographicjour¬ nalaboutwhat’sinsidethe‘ominous’ Soviet offshore vessels that we’ve wondered about since childhood. Seemsalotofthingsareontherise.
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The various Who’s Who photocopies sent to us by her gallerieshadalreadyfashionedherintoamuseumpiece,a featurestory,adustyrolemodel(b.Chicago1904,ArtStu¬ dentsLeagueofNewYork;marriagetoSculptorWilliam Muir;appointedbyPresidentEisenhowerfirstwomanto serveontheNationalCommissionofFineArts;appointedby
President Nixon to Advisory CommitteefortheKennedyCen¬ terofthePerformingArts;paint¬ ings owned by Brooklyn Mus¬ eumofFineArts,UnitedStates Government, University of ME, Margaret Chase Smith Library Center,andprivatecollections. One-Man shows at Norlyst Gal¬ lery',N.Y.C.,UniversityofMaine, Farnsworth Museum, Turtle Gal- , lery,andmostrecentlyGleasonFineArtGallery(currentlyoffering“MotifNo.2inaGale,’ shownabove,for$2,800,and“TallyingtheLobsters,”thisissue’scover,for$3,500).Artwork for:Moore-McCormackLines;AmericanCaribbeanLines;Amer.ScanticLines,FrenchLine,
Pan-AmericanAirways;FinnishTravel Bureau;SwedishTravelBureau;Trin¬ idad Chamber of Commerce; Alumi¬ numCorp.Am.;AluminumCorp.,Can¬ ada.DesignInternationalOutstanding Achievement Award in Architecture; Who’s Who in American Art; Who’s Who in American Women; novel. SmallPotatoes,Scribners,1939...),but whatstrikesusistheEmilyMuirofthis very second—someone who’s as am¬ bitiouslycreativeandideologically sensitive as a young art student— laughing, talented, sexy! Far more interestedintomorrowthanyesterday, someone who’s producing acclaimed artworksinMaineworkmotifsforthe TurtleGallery,BrottGalleiy,Gleason Gallery,CongressSquareGallery,here sheis,onthetelephone,fromherram¬ shackle,whiteclapboardedMuirStu¬ dio in Stonington, her home for 50 yearsamidthesprucetreesofIndian Point...
“You mean right now? Water,the islands,thesky—1lookrightouton
Stonington Throrofare and look on manyislands,downtoIsleauHaul.”
“Yes,theyhadacompetitionfora Naval or Army hospital. Oh, it was years ago. I don’t know what they bought!Ican’trememberit!Butyes, the U.S. Government owns one of my paintings.’’
“Vassar?IwenttoVassarforayear. One thousand years ago. It was in 1924.”
“That’safunnyquestion.WhatdoI ' like to eat for breakfast? When I was ryoung,alittlegirl,whenmyfamilyhad some money we’d have a lamb chop andabakedpotatoforbreakfastevery day.Itsoundspreposterousnow;of courseIwouldn'tdoitnow,itwould takea$10billtodosomethinglikethat now.Butyouaskedmewhatmyfavor1ite breakfast was, and that’s the one I liketothinkof.”
“Renoirwasmyfirstlove.Idon’t haveanyspecificstyle;Ijumpfromone thingtoanother.Itookacouple-week course recently on what principles Cezannewasworkingon.Ienjoyedthe
course,butIdon’tthinkitwillaffectmy painting.”
“Notanymore.It'sprettywindyhere atmydock.Iusedtogooutonmyboat all the time. The name? DolceFarniente,ThePleasureofDoingNothing. 1thinkthat’stheroughtranslation. Well, you stop boating when your kneesstarttogiveout!Formeitwas twoyearsago.It’sprettywindyhereat mydock,soyoucan’tfastenittothe dock,youhavetomooritoutinthe harbor. And two years ago, 1 don’t know, I was out there on my knees, pullingupthebuoy,andIthought‘This issilly.It’stoohardnow.’”
"0h,Lord,youhavesomanyof thoseasapainteryouthinkyou’re never going to do anything decent again.Efforts1don’tlike?Burnthem! I’lljustdump’eminthefireplace.Or,if we’rehavingapicnic,wejustburn themoutside!”
“Correspondwithwell-knownart¬
ists?Myhusbandwasasculptorbutwe didn’t correspond. We were right besideeachother!There’sLeoCalapai inChicago,VincentHartgeninOrono, LeoBrooks,SahlSchwartz.Irecently metWilliamThonrightuphere.”
“My eye color? (Liughs) My eye color?Iguessgreen.”
I met Martha and Dennis Gleason becauseatenantofminewasgoingto findagallerytoshowmyhusband’s work,andwemetthatway.Mypaint¬ ingsareattheGleasonGalleryandat CongressSquareGallery.”
“During the Depression we were luckierthanmost.Asartists,myhus¬ bandandIwerehiredtotravelfor Steamship Companies doing diaramas anddisplays.Promotionalstuff.We
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tookfourdifferenttripsfortheMooreMcCormack steamship line, four or five,Iguess,totheWestIndies,South America,andScandinaviancountries...Denmark,Sweden,Norway.
"tv » w edgowithoutmoneyfor monthsatatime,andthenwhenwe’d getanorderfordiaramasthatvery
“Yes, we did many paintings in SouthAmericawhenwetraveledwith thecruiseshipsinthe1930sthat1still have.Infact,I’mlookingacrossat somerightnowinthenextroom.”
“1 knew Marsden Hartley by his paintingsbutnothim.IthinkHartley probablyhadagooddealofinfluence on me. You’re always seeking to do something better than you’ve done, moreofanexpressionofyourself.I neveradoptanybody’sstyle.Thatisn’t thepoint.”
“Oh,whenwebuiltourstudiowe builtitonourparents’land.Three elderlymenlivedandworkedatafarm next door. They had no horse. They hadnoelectricity,justanoxteam. Theylivedihewaypeoplelivedtwo hundred years before. They were so friendly. My husband and 1 helped them hay in the fall. We painted, sketchedthem,andwroteaboutthem. Weaskedoneofthemifhemindedif
(Left)
Summer Rain
Emily Muir
Oil on Canvas 21"x25”
1933
$1,800
Gleason
Fine Art Gallery
(Below)
Heavy Nets
Emily Muir
Oil on Canvas 22" x 28
@1960
$2,500
Gleason
Fine Art Gallery
TheQuarriers
Watercolor
wepublishedstoriesaboutthem,and hesaid,'Aslongasitmakesyoufeel goodaboutit,thenit’sallrightwith me.’That’showSmallPotatoes came intobeing."
“Imethiminartschool,inclassat theArtStudentsLeagueofNewYork.It wasthefirstdayofsculptureclass,and Iwasnew.Iwalkedintotheroomandsaw himsittingaloneintheclassroom.I thoughthewasamonitor;hewasthe only man there, so I asked him how thingsweregoingtostart.Helookedat meandhesaidatthatmomenthe’s madeuphismindhe’sgoingtomarry me.Ittookafewyears,buthedid!He wasfullofthedevil.Veryunusual mind,averyfineandsensitiveartist. Andvery'funny!DuringWorldWarIIhe joinedtheNavyandservedatBruns-
(Right)
"Bill and me sometime dur¬ ing the second World War." Noted sculptor paint¬ er William Muir died in 1964.
(Below)
William Muir
24" x 19%"
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Youputyourreactionsintoit.Igeta• feelingwhileI’mpaintingandItryto putallofthatintoit.Oh,no,Ican’t• chooseafavorite.Especiallyafterall thistime.No!Ihaveseveralfavorites.I• meanyouprogress,oratleastyou hope you can progress. Sometimes • you hit a high spot.” O —Colin Sargent ®
(Above) Stonington Fish Shacks Oil on Canvas 28”x 36” @1950
PortlandPlayers.ThaxterTheater.South Portland.The60thAnniversarySeason!The PlayerspresentSteelMagnolias Novem¬ ber 30 to December 15. analternatively hilariousandtouchingplaywithacastof colorful,comicalandverystrong-willed ladies.Nunsense, January 25 to Febru¬ ary 16 Thescorepulseswithmerriment andanunabasheddesiretomakeyou laugh.Comicinterludes,pacedata breakneckspeed,willhaveeveryonerol¬ lingintheaisles.Curtainisat8p.m.,Friday andSaturday;2:30p.m.onthefirstSunday; and7p.m.onSundaysthereafter.799-7337.
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LAArts,36OakStreet,Lewiston. Nov¬ ember 16 isthedateforthepremierof Bonsoir,mesamis(GoodEvening.My Friends),attheOlinArtsCenter,BatesCol¬ lege.InthisfilmbyHuey,championship fiddlerBenGuillemetteandsinger zguitaristpianist Lionel “Toots” Bouthot representthevitalityofMaine'sFrancoAmericanculture.FilmmakerHueyand additionalspeakerswillparticipateina bi-lingualpaneldiscussionfollowingthe8 p.m.screening.Free.ArtofBlackDance and Music attheHighStreetChurch, November 24. Wearingstrikingtradi¬ tionalcostumesandperformingonexotic instruments,NewEngland’spremierAfri¬ can/Americandancecompanybridgesthe distancesbetweenculturesandputsona festiveandcompellingspectacle.782-7228.
TuesdayCafe.USMCampusCenter,Bed¬ fordStreet,presentsnationalcomedians Steve Faria and Tony Rose on Nov¬ ember 13, andAl Ducharme and Tom Clarkon December 11. Performancesare freeandbeginat5:30p.m.874-6598.
BrickStoreMuseum.117MainStreet,Ken¬ nebunk.Themuseumhastwoexhibitson viewthrough November Through the Artist’s Eye—A Maine Woman in the Worldisthefirst.ExploringEdithC.Bar¬ ry’s (I884-1969)impactonsouthern Maine’sartcoloniesasaportraitist,sculp¬ tor.muralist,anddesigner,theexhibituses photographs,films,paintings,sculpture, diaries,letters,anddecorativearts.They documentthecolorfuladventuresand meaningfulcontributionsofthis20thcen¬ turyartist,worldtraveler,andpreservation¬ ist.EdithC.Barryjourneyedextensivelyto Africa.Europe,andtheFarEast,andher iexperiencesplacedherintheforefrontof worldaffairs.Amongothers,shewitnessed themobilizationoftheFrenchmilitiadur¬ ingWorldWarI,Berlinin1939,andthe Shanghaiofthe1930s.Thesecondexhibit istitled Home from the Seas: Kenne¬ bunkport’sFabledSeaCaptain.After32 searsofsailingtheSevenSeas.Captain DanielW.Dudley(184I-1930)spenthis retirementyearsdazzlinghisKennebunk¬ portneighborswithhistalesandcollection ofpricelessOrientaltreasures.OpenTues'day-Saturdayfrom10a.m.to4:30p.m. Admissionis$2adults,SIchildren. 985-4802.
EvocativeoftheDepressionyears, thedull-hued,matte-finishedfloral patternsofRoseville(Magnolia,Pine Cone,Bushberry,Freesia,Clematis, ZephyrLily,et.al.)arebeingsnapped i up in the same groundswell that’s | claiming WPA art, works from the Hudson River and Ash Can schools, andArtDecokitchenalia.
ExplainsauctioneerPeggyMerrittof RichardW.OliverinKennebunk,“It’s (Roseville’s)atthelowerendofthe Arts&Craftsidea.Thewholeaccesso¬ riesmarkethastakenoff,”nowthat waterfront homes and oceanfront condoshaveresumedtheirplacein dreamterrain.
“Don’tmisunderstandme.I’mnot sayingtheSnowberriesaremorepopu¬ larthantheBanedas,”sayscollector JimSmithofActon,Maine,fluentinthe |languageofRoseville.“It’sjustthatthe Banedasareastronomical,soyou’re seeingthecommonpiecesmovingfas¬ ter.I'veseenamarkedpickupinthe common,1940spieces.Twoyearsago, everybodywaslookingfortheWiste¬ rias,theBlackberries.Nowthey’re picking up the Zephyr Lilies, the Bushberries.Ihaven’tseenagood piece of Pine Cone (beloved by iMainers)—thekindwiththeice-blue | background—in six months. |MeccaforRosevilleloversisZanes|ville,Ohio,wheretheyholdanartpot¬ teryfestivaleveryJune.“DonTreadway !ofChicagoistheheadauctioneer,” says Smith. Locally, Smith recom¬ mends“RichardW.Oliver’sandJimmy Julia's”asprimeRosevillehunting grounds.Recentareaauctionprices: $50for2-piecePineConeflowerpot (Oliver's,Kennebunk);$15forWin¬ craftbowl(Morrill,Gray);and$75fora ZephyrLilyconsole(TurnerGrange).
A beaut, late 19th Century Creek Revival home on 1 of Bath's finest streets. Exquisite woodwork, china closets, fpls., tapestry walls, gracious main stair¬ way, built-in bookcases, many interesting rms. Ig. kit. w/pantry, bdrm./sitting rm./bath rm. suites, £ ever so much more. A det. carriage house w/beautiful grounds enhance this property £ afford numerous possibilities. Some repairs are needed, but "elegant" is the word for this fine home.
ORR'S ISLAND Waterfront—This newly renovated year-round Victorian Cottage is situated at The Water'sEdgeotLowell'sCovewith125feetofwaterfrontage.3bedrooms(including1stfloor, masterbedroomwithwalk-incloset).2newbaths,newfullyappliancedcustomkitchen(including stove,refrigerator,dishwasher,disposalandmicrowave),reftnishedhardwoodfloors.Newcarpel& linoleum. All-New doors and Andersen
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HE IAST TIME THE ROMA CAFE was reviewed in this magazine (1986),thereviewerproclaimedthe food and dining experience to be mediocreatbest.I’mnotthatreviewer andwhichRomadidhegoto’.’
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