Massachusetts Art History: Texts contained in Resource Library by named authors

Massachusetts Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

Texts contained in Resource Library by named authors

(above: Fitz Henry Lane, Ships in Boston Harbor, c. 1850, oil on canvas, 11 18 x 18 18 inches, Christies. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

Charles Webster Hawthorne Founds the Cape Cod School of Art by James R. Bakker

(above: Charles Webster Hawthorne, A Study in White, unknown date, oil on canvas, 36 x 22 inches, Reading Public Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

Artists of Cape Ann: A 150 Year Tradition by Kristian Davies

Tirca Karlis Gallery: Pivotal Decades of Provincetown Art by Julie Heller and Whitney Smith

Academic and Impressionist Traditions in Provincetown by Elizabeth Ives Hunter

Legacy of Cape Ann by James M. Keny

Sculptors of Cape Ann by Steven Law

The Provincetown Art Association and Museum by Christine McCarthy

The Legacy of Cape Ann: Generations of Artists Drawn to its Shores by Judith McCulloch

Bringing the Colony to Light by Alexander J. Noelle

A Legacy of Beauty: Paintings in the Boston School Tradition by Christopher Volpe

(above: Edward Henry Potthast, At the Beach, c.1918, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, Christies. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with this state. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not listed on this page.

(above: Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Gloucester Harbor, 1873, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 22.3 in. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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