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The American Art Student and Commercial Artist, Vol. X, No. 3, November 30, 1925, pp. 24-28. Two of the four oil paintings by Ennis used as illustrations in the article are in the collections of the Tides Institute. 2 copies.

Late George Pearse Ennis (By Order of a Member of the Family) and A. Radclyffe Dugmore (By Order of the Committee) To be sold at public auction Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons April 29th and 30th, 1947 Coleman Auction Galleries, New York, New Yor

Map © 2024 by Kirsten Sparenborg. The Tides Institute & Museum of Art commissioned Kirsten Sparenborg to produce the map that involved line drawing and watercolor painting by hand. The map was developed in 2023-2024. It is a reduced size recreation of an original large decorative map first produced in Eastport, Maine by illustrator Kathleen Voute in the summer of 1929. She was a student at the Eastport Summer School of Art at the time. The only references to the original map are a very small black and white reproduction of the map that appeared in a 1931 Eastport Summer School of Art program booklet and a brief description of the map in the Eastport Sentinel newspaper of August 21, 1929. The wording on the recreated map represents a best attempt to decipher the wording on the small reproduction of the original map. The watercoloring is based on the use of color in other known existing maps by Kathleen Voute. The original map was four feet tall and seven feet long. After it was displayed in Eastport in August 1929, it was to be taken to New York City for exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries over the winter. The map was to be returned to Eastport the following spring for permanent display. No one knows whether the original map ever returned to Eastport or what has happened to it. Dimensions: 24" w x 15 7/8" h (unframed)

American Fine Arts Building, 215 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York, New York

Carolyn Gertrude Bradley, Ohio, Indiana (1898 - 1954), Eastport, Maine, 1932, boat dock, watercolor. 23 1/2"H x 20"W. Gift of Larry Lafoe, 2024. Carolyn Bradley attended the Eastport Summer School of Art in 1932. See Eastport Sentinel, July 6, 1932, Page 1, column 2. Carolyn Gertrude Bradley Ohio, Indiana (1898 - 1954) Eastport, Maine, 1932, boat dock watercolor on paper Signed lower right, titled and dated verso. From AskArt: Carolyn Bradley was a well-known Indiana and Ohio artist, whose specialty was watercolor although she also painted with oil, and subjects included landscapes, seascapes, industrial scenes, coastal views, and other marine subjects. Bradley was educated in the Richmond, Indiana public schools and graduated from Earlham College with a B.A. Degree. She earned advance degrees in art from the University of San Miguel Allende in Mexico. She was a professor of fine and applied arts at Ohio State University in Columbus from 1934 to 1954, and before that, taught for many years at Emmerich Manual Training High School in Indianapolis and before that at Richmond High School in Richmond. In 1946, she was given a leave of absence from her University position to serve as an Ambassador of Good Will as a United States government consultant and teacher in arts and crafts in Santiago, Chile. She visited many art schools and consulted with teachers. Immediately preceding this appointment, she taught in the summer school of the University of Chile, also at Santiago. Other travels included painting trips in Portugal, Italy, Bavaria and the East Coast of the United States including Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts.

Grand Central Art Galleries, Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, Grand Central Terminal, New York, New York, Year Book

Artist: Cecil Greenlaw Classification: Photographs Circa: 1930 Old Accession Number: 1691

Artist: Cecil Greenlaw Medium: Photograph Classification: Photographs Circa: 1926 Gift of John "Terry" Holt. Old Accession Number: 263 Dimensions: 16 3/4" w x 20 3/4" h (framed)

Twenty-five letters written by George Pearse Ennis to Carsen Davenport from 1929 to 1936. During this period, Ennis was the director of the summer art school program at Eastport, Maine. Davenport was an artist in Virginia who attended the summer program. Many of the letters are written from New York City where Ennis was affiliated with the Grand Central School of Art, the American Water Color Society, the American Artists Professional League and the George Pearse Ennis School of Painting. In addition to the 25 letters is a Western Union telegraph to Carsen Davenport from Keith Williams, Secretary of the American Water Color Society informing Davenport of the death of Ennis on August 28, 1936 from a car accident.

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George Pearse Ennis

1 full complete 8 page copy (pages 1-8) - includes map by Stow Wengroth showing location of Eastport Summer School of Art. 1 partial 4 page copy (pages 1-2, 7-8) Old Accession Number: 1632

Artist: Edmund Schildknecht Medium: Oil on canvas Classification: Paintings On permanent loan from the University of Maine Museum of Art Old Accession Number: 115

Artist: Edmund Schildknecht Medium: Oil on canvas Classification: Paintings On permanent loan from the University of Maine, Museum of Art Old Accession Number: 61

On permanent loan from the Peavey Memorial Library, Eastport, Maine, 2025. Permanent loan agreement on file. Eastport Sentinel July 6, 1932 Page 1, column 2 STRONGER CORPS OF TEACHERS—GOOD REGISTRATION George Pearse Ennis opened the Eastport Summer School of Art on Tuesday July 5th. Mr. Robert C. Craig, Hilton Leach and Stow Wengenroth were at the school to organize their classes. The activity of instructors and students during the past year in the various national exhibitions proves the strength and value of this professional Art School to the Art World of America. Many of the last year’s members of this colony were accepted in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago National Exhibitions. A new class was started this year under the direction of Mr. Stow Wengenroth. Lithograph is developing rapidly and coming into a much fuller place in the sun, people of this country are realizing the beauty and decorative value of fine prints. Mr. Wengenroth has had a great success this year and the students registered in his class are fortunate to have the chance to study with him. Another advance this year is the rebuilding of our etching room, which puts it on a par with the best organized etching rooms of the larger cities. Mr. Leach has produced much excellent work during his stay in Florida this winter. Mr. Ennis and Mr. Leach both had excellent classes at Sarasota, Florida, and a winter school will open there November 15th with George Ennis as director. It is an interesting tie-up Eastport, Maine in summer and a Golf coast school at Sarasota for the winter, the two schools should strengthen and benefit each other. A number of students came from Florida to join the Eastport Colony, Mr. Wilton Taylor of Barton, Fla,, Hannah Low, Miami, Francis Goodell, Bradenton, Margaret McLaughlin Tampa, Fla., and others are expected soon. Miss Eleanoa S. Bulmer, Carson Davenport, Miss Betty Carter, Miss Emy M. Gibbs, Mr. And Mrs. Barton Griffen. Mrs. Griffen is the daughter of D. Henry R. Pattersen whom many Eastport people know as he had spent several summers here; Miss G. M. Knox of Schenectady, N. Y. Miss Dorothea MacDairmaid, Miss Enid Spidell, Miss Anna L. Schadt, Miss Clara Van Beuschoten, Miss Katherine Worcester, Wally D. Richards, Stevan Dohanes, Miss Elizabeth Saltonstall, Bessy E. Creighton, Jack Wilson, Miss Carolin Bradley, Mr. Rotin, Mrs. Gordon and Miss De Bar King. Others are expected, also Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Turner Kurtz who is associated with Mr. Ennis in the Florida school. The Clipper Ship opened Sunday and a continuous exhibition will be on view in the large dining room. This picture exhibition should interest visitors as it does the Eastport people and they are cordially invited as the dining room is open all day. A new large decorative map of Eastport is being designed and executed to take the place of the one painted several years ago. That was shipped to New York to be framed, but it was stolen from the Grand Central Art Galleries. This map will be 4 x 8 feet and will show tours, locations of interest and harbor. It will be installed permanently in the entrance way to the building. We hope to make this city the most important art colony on the coast and all cooperation from the city will be welcomed and returned. GEORGE PEARSE ENNIS. Eastport Sentinel August 16, 1933 Summer School of Art Special Edition Page 1, column 3 ’33 ART EXHIBIT FINEST ON RECORD BRILLIANT DISPLAY AT ART SCHOOL—LARGEST AND BEST OF SERIES The annual exhibition of the Eastport Summer School of Art is now in progress at the School gallery on High Street having opened there on Saturday. It will continue until after Sunday next, admission to the public being unrestricted and without charge. More than 160 pictures are shown this year, making this the largest exhibition yet attempted by the Art School, and in the opinion of many who have seen the entire series this is best in quality as well as in size. Certainly it excels all its predecessors in breadth of subject, treatment and presentation. The media includes oils, etchings, lithographs, pencils, and watercolor the last being as one might expect, by far the most popular. It would be difficult to select the work of any one artist as outstanding but perhaps the most impressive group is one of seven watercolors by Kenneth How who has developed a characteristic technique distinguishing his style from that of all the others. Equally individual but along wholly different lines is the work of Alice Geary, whose very attractive paintings are not assembled in one group but are found here and there throughout the entire exhibit. Some of these were painted in the Gaspe coast, from which she arrived only a short time ago. One of the most versatile of the students is Irving Brokaw, who won distinction as an athlete in his younger days, culminating a long series of triumphs by winning the national figure-skating championship. He has been successful as a painter in oils, one of his works now being hung in (Continued to page 10 col. 4) the Luxembourg Palace at Paris. In water color, which he took up for the first time last winter he has has made rapid progress. His subjects include flowers, figures, scenes about Eastport and its environs. Barton B. Griffin, painting with massed and contrasted colors, has some fine pictures, and among his work with the pencil are two interesting sketches of well-known local residents. Albert Sumpter Kelley’s work shows much variety and talent, and that of Mrs. Jordan, Miss Spidell, Miss Jones, are broad and decorative. Mrs. Gladys Atwood Ennis is displaying some fine paintings, with two or three very fine efforts among the etchings. Other exhibitors are Del Guercio, G.M. Knox, Dora Pintnsr, Miss Pohl, Miss Grafie, Schaadt and Thompson. All are well worth examination, and at no other place east of Boston can an art lover spend an hour with greater pleasure or profit. Eastport people will be particularly interested in the treatment of various familiar local scenes and subjects by the artists. They have devoted special attention to the regions about Houston’s Cove and Martin’s Dock. Some of the character studies they have made are from such well-known residents as “Willie” Lake, “Gaddie” Hayden and “Sam” Hickery, wharf scenes, flowers, workers among fish, and Indians are also represented among the subjects depicted. An interesting innovation this year is the fact that sealed bids can be made for any painting, a box being provided where these bids can be deposited. One of the paintings also is to be purchased and presented to the Public Library from funds left over from those taken in by the Down East Gallery exhibition last year. Eastport Sentinel August 8, 1934 Page 1, Column 1 ART SCHOOL TO OPEN EXHIBIT SATURDAY PUBLIC RECEPTION IN AFTERNOON—EXHIBITION TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY The annual exhibition of the Eastport Summer School of Art will be held this year from Saturday to Thursday next, Aug. 11-16, at the Art School gallery on High Street. It will be opened with a public reception at from 3 to 6, to which all residents and summer visitors here are invited. After Saturday, the exhibition will be open to the public in the afternoon of each day, at from 2 to 5 o’clock. It will be in charge of Mrs. N.M. Atwood on Sunday, of Mrs. Frank T. Wadsworth on Monday, of Mrs. Edward L. Wadsworth on Tuesday, of Mrs. Kenneth How on Wednesday and Of Miss Dorothy Waide on Thursday. Among the students exhibiting are Miss Esther Peck, Cecil Ashdown, Miss Edith Bell, Irving Brokaw, Miss Barbara Bradford, Miss Grace Knox, Miss Ruth Jones, E.W. Jenny, Kenneth How, Robt. W. Huntington, John Huntington, Miss Lena Newcastle, Miss Dorothy Whittier, Mrs. Lena Jordan, Miss Clara VanBenschoten, Miss Gertrude Goodrick, Sylvia Fogel, Anna Schadt, Miss E.O. Cozzens, Miss Elizabeth Balmer, A.W. Gazzette, Dr. Vance of New York, Enid Spidell, Jack Frost, Jim Jollotta, Ted Hamilton and Prof. Waugh. Visiting artists who are exhibiting include: John R. Koopman of New York, Ernest Townsend of New York, Miss Rhoda Low and Wm. Low, Jr., Hugh Collins of Washington, D.C., Daniel Leighton, S. Peter Wagner of Rockville, Md., and Oscar S. Julius of Long Island, N.Y. Work by Robert C. Craig, George Pearse Ennis and Mrs. Gladys Atwood Ennis will also be included in the Exhibition. Eastport Sentinel August 15, 1934 Page 1, Column 3 ART EXHIBIT OPENED SATURDAY LARGEST AND FINEST OF THE SERIES—PROBABLY BEST ON NEW ENGLAND COAST The annual exhibition of paintings by students and teachers at the Eastport Summer School of Art was opened Saturday afternoon, at the gallery on Boynton Street, and not only are there more and better canvases than have been shown here in previous years, but they are better arranged and displayed. In the opinion of more than one critic who has viewed similar exhibits at other points on the New England coast, this is easily the most important in number and quality alike. Dominating the entire exhibition is a remarkable group of four watercolors by Kenneth How. They deal with scenes from the southern section of the town, so idealized and executed with such mastery of composition and loveliness of coloring, as to command instant attention. Robert Craig’s lithographs, and those of Grace Knox and Van Benschoten, are superb. One of the outstanding works shown is a painting by George Pearse Ennis, an interesting portrait of a well-known local resident, Frank Thompson, who lives near the Art School building and assists Mr. Ennis at times by handling various chores there. In this manner his possibilities as a subject for a study in portraiture were called to the artist’s attention, and this painting is the result. A group by Gladys Atwood Ennis’ work in oils and water colors is worthy of careful study, and a series of water colors by Irving Brokaw shows how rapidly he is progressing in this difficult department. Miss Spidell’s portraiture of Indians in which she accomplished unusual effects last year, is nothing short of masterly. Professor Waugh’s etchings are very fine, and a head by Dorothy Whittler shows talent of the first order. An oil painting by Peter Wagner ranks among the best pieces in the exhibition. Jack Huntington, who is spending his first summer here, has completed a group of watercolors that show remarkable ability. He has chosen subjects in the main that have been overlooked by other artists. Other exhibitors, all of whose work is most creditable include Townsend, Ashdown, Jenney, Bradford, Fogel, Goodrich, Pohl, Robert Huntington, Newcastle, Whittier, Cozzins, Laiten, Schadt, Gavett, Jordan and Koopman. Local art students have made a notable contribution to the exhibition. “Ted” Hamilton has a wood block print in black and an oil painting. He has also a pictorial map of Eastport in colors. “Jack” Frost has work in pencil, water color, oils and etching, among the latter being the fine picture of the “Mississippi,” of which he has already sold some fifty copies. James Jollatta is showing his portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt with the President’s signature. The exhibition is sufficiently large this year to require the use of the walls in the entry and along the stairway and landing, and the walls, of the main gallery formerly the assembly room of the old Boynton High School, are well filled. The interior of the building was thoroly renovated and redecorated this spring, and it now forms a most satisfactory setting for what has come to be recognized as the outstanding exhibition of paintings in Maine. A reception was held at the gallery Saturday afternoon, attended by several hundred people, and the gallery has been visited by crowds on each afternoon since. Many distinguished people have registered there, one of the best known being young John Jacob Astor of New York who visited there today with a party of friends.

Artist: Walter Dubois Richards Medium: Linoleum Block Classification: Prints Old Accession Number: 363

Gift of Annaliese Bischoff, Leverett, Massachusetts, 2019.

Oil on canvas, signed lower left, "Ennis;" 25" x 30", framed 32" x 37". Gift of Larry Lafoe, 2024. Dimensions: 37" w x 32 1/8" h (framed)

GLADYS ATWOOD, C.1930! Large watercolor (29" high and 22" wide) portrait of artist, Gladys Atwood, by her artist husband, George Pearse Ennis, that recently came into our collections. We discovered the watercolor in California. The couple married in 1928 in New York City and the notice in the New York Times was titled “Artist to Wed Artist.” They spent a number of summers in this region in the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with a summer art school here that Ennis directed that was based out of New York City. They had a summer cottage on nearby Meddybemps Lake. In September, 1936 following the end of that year’s summer school session here, the couple were driving in upstate New York and became involved in a car accident. Ennis was killed, but Atwood survived. Without Ennis, the summer art school came to an end.

Artist: George Pearse Ennis Medium: Watercolor Classification: Watercolors Old Accession Number: 113 Dimensions: 31 1/8" w x 30" h (framed)

Artist: George Pearse Ennis Medium: Watercolor Circa: 1934 Old Accession Number: 268 Dimensions: 12 5/8" w x 14 1/2" h (framed)

Gift of Ross Y. Furman, 2022. Part of the Ross Y. Furman Advance Collection. Hand painted ceramic mug by artist, George Pearse Ennis, with shore scene of Eastport, Maine. Mug was auctioned off for the benefit the Salmagundi Club of New York City in 1920. Signed and dated by the artist on bottom of mug along with Salmagundi Club name. 6 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches in diameter at base. https://salmagundi.org/mug-collection/: LIBRARY MUG FUND COLLECTION Beginning in 1899, Club member and head of the library William Henry Shelton (1840-1932) commissioned blank ceramic mugs to be painted by members and auctioned off to support the library fund (later called the library “Mug Fund.”) Fellow artist member Charles Volkmar who ran a ceramic factory produced the mugs for the Salmagundi. Over the years, some of the mugs have been bought back by members and donated to the club to preserve their important history. The Club currently owns approximately 80 examples. Mugs were produced between 1899 and 1924, auctioning 24 per year. There are possibly 600 mugs that exist. The library owns research binder prepared by Bob Muller documenting every sale of the mugs by year as well as the official ‘Mug book’ which documented the sales by the library committee.

Artist: George Pearse Ennis Medium: Etching Classification: Prints Old Accession Number: 384

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Lubec, Maine Watercolor 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches Signed Lower Right From: https://www.cincyart.com/19th-20th-century-ei/gladys-atwood-pearse-ennis-1 [May 11, 2025] GLADYS ATWOOD ENNIS (May 12, 1891 – February 9, 1953) A.K.A. “Gladys Atwood,” “G. Atwood Ennis” Landscape and still-life painter in watercolor. Born in Natick, Massachusetts, the daughter of Nellie M. Seavey (b. 1863) and Arthur T. Atwood (b. 1858). During her youth, her father was employed as a travelling salesman and the family resided on Larned Street in Framingham,Massachusetts. The family later lived in Attleboro. Gladys Atwood was a student of the American Impressionist painter Henry Bayley Snell (1858 –1943) and the noted American watercolorist, George Pearse Ennis (1884 – 1936). She would marry the latter on February 2, 1928 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Among her first known exhibitions was under her maiden name in 1929 with the American Water Color Society in New York City. She and her husband became regular fixtures in the Florida art colonies in 1931, showing in Sarasota with regularity. Ennis received a number of positive reviews during her career, including at the 1934 solo with her husband in Indiana: “Not less interesting than Mr. Ennis’ work are three watercolors by his wife, Gladys Atwood Ennis, who sends her flower subjects… All are well painted and lend needed warmth of color to the whole exhibit.” She was the founder along with her husband of both the George Pearse Ennis School of Art in New York City and the Eastport Summer School of Art in Eastport, Maine. It is fairly clear from surviving notices and advertisements that while George and his assistant, Robert Craig, served as instructors, Gladys oversaw all (or nearly all) the operations of the schools, including placing advertisements and acting as the correspondent for the prospective attendees. Among the two schools students were the Mississippi artist, Caroline Compton (1907 – 1987), the Maine painter Sheila Ann Rutherford (1914 – 2006) and the famous painter and printmaker, Stow Wengenroth (1906 – 1978). The Bangor Daily News noted in December of 1936 that due in part to George Pearse Ennis’untimely death, Gladys Ennis was unsure of the Eastport school’s future. However, newspapers reported that she remarked: “every effort is being made to procure suitable administration for the school that will enable it to go on.” At the 1937 American Water Color Society traveling exhibition in Indianapolis, reviewers again favorably reviewed her works, including the following watercolor of Maine: “‘Lubec, Maine,’ by Gladys Atwood Ennis, widow of the famous George Pearse Ennis, has contrasts of light-toned turbulent water, clouded sky and dark shoreline and dark foreground cottages. An almost tragic note stamps the picture.” Her last known exhibitions appear to have been in 1941. Ennis moved out to Missouri to be closer to her sister, Marvell. Though it is unclear what brought on her final illness, Gladys Ennis was declared insane (due to psychosis) in January of 1948 and placed under guardianship. Following the diagnosis, she was institutionalized at the Fulton State Hospital (State Hospital #1) in Sedalia, Missouri, where she spent the final five years of her life. Gladys Atwood Ennis died on Monday, the 9 th of February 1953 at the age of sixty-one years. Her services were organized by the Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton, Missouri with burial following in Crown Hill Cemetery in Sedalia. As a painter, like her husband, she was well-known for her bold and expressive watercolors. She painted at various locations in in Florida, Maine, New York and in Greenfield and at Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts, where by 1930 she had a cottage on Brook Street. She was a member of the Caroline Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, Studio Club of New York and was a life member of both the American Water Color Society and the New York Water Color Club. Though there are undoubtedly other exhibitions in which Ennis participated, those presently known include the following: American Water Color Society, New York, NY, 1929, 1931, 1938; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, PA, 1930; Philadelphia Watercolor Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 1931; Florida Federation of Art at the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL, 1932; Public Art Galleries, Morton High School, Richmond, IN, 1934 (solo with her husband); Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL, 1935; Smith Gallery, Utica, NY, 1936 (solo); Municipal Art Committee Exhibition, New York, NY, 1936; American Water Color Society Traveling Exhibition, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 1937; Blue Bowl Gallery, New York, NY, 1938-39 (solo); Playhouse Art Gallery, New York, NY, 1938; Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, 1938; Washington Water Color Club, Washington, DC, 1938-39; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York, NY, 1939; Barbizon Gallery, New York, NY, 1939; Columbia Branch of the New York Public Library, New York, NY, 1939; New York Water Color Club, New York, NY, 1940-41; New York Women Painters at the Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL, 1941. Gladys Ennis’ works are known to be held in the following public institutions: Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC. The majority of her works reside in private collections throughout the United States.

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Notes that "The school has established a summer painting school at Eastport, Maine. These classes will open July 5th and continue until August 17th. They will be in charge of Mr. George Pearse Ennis and Mr. Edmund Greacen."

Notes that "A Summer School of Painting has been established at Eastport, Maine, opening July 2nd and continuing through to August 11th, under Mr. George Pearse Ennis and Mr. Edmund Greacen."

Mentions that a Summer School of Painting has been established at Eastport, Maine, opening July 1st and continuing through August 10th, under Mr. George Pearse Ennis and Mr. Edmund Greacen. Old Accession Number: 1631

A booklet for the first summer session for the New York City based Grand Central School of Art to be held in Eastport, Maine in 1927. Described on the front cover of the booklet as “A Modern Summer School of Art,” the first session ran from July 5th to August 17th. Instructors included New York City based artists, George Pearse Ennis and Edmund Greacen, with instruction in outdoor oil and watercolor painting. Ennis had been coming to Eastport during the summer for many years and the area was well known to him. At this time Eastport was readily accessible by both steamship and train from Boston and from Boston to New York City and to other points south and west. In selecting Eastport for the location of the summer session, the local Eastport newspaper of the time noted: “Many possible locations were discussed, but by the influence of Mr. Ennis and Mr. Greacen, Eastport was selected. No better place for an art school is to be found on the North American coastline, according to Mr. Ennis, from the standpoint of scenic values and climate, and it has the invaluable advantage of not having been ‘worked to death’ as an artists’ field.” The booklet goes on to note that at the end of summer session, an exhibition of the work of the class was to be held at the local Eastport public library. Forty students participated in the first summer session and instruction was held in the second floor auditorium of the local Boynton High School. The summer school would continue for another nine years, through the summer of 1936, under the primary directorship of Ennis. He was tragically killed in a car accident the end of August, 1936 in upstate New York and the summer school ended with his death. Photo caption: Booklet for the first summer session for the New York City based Grand Central School of Art to be held in Eastport, Maine in 1927. Described on the front cover of the booklet as “A Modern Summer School of Art,” the first session ran from July 5th to August 17th.

Dry point etching by Hilton Leech, 1932. Gift of Sydney Hugerford of Eastport, Maine, 2017.

Eastport Sentinel July 8, 1931 Page 1, column 5 ART SCHOOL OPENS HAS MANY STUDENTS IS ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION IN ART CIRCLES—LARGER REGISTRATION—PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESSFUL SEASON GOOD .... Mr. Redding Kelly, head of the Art Department of City College of New York will arrive Tuesday by the Eastern S. S.

Eastport Sentinel August 21, 1929 Page 1 column 5 ART SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SESSION EXHIBITION WAS FINEST YET SHOWN - LONGER TERM, MORE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR The Eastport Summer School of Art closed last week with an exhibition par excellence in which were shown 156 Oils, Water Colors and Pencil Drawings, including twenty Sketches, by the Junior Class, which is largely composed of children of Eastport. The Water Colors and Oils this year showed a breadth and richness of color well in advance of last year’s work. Many of the students of last year returned and justified the beauties of Eastport’s island scenery, depicting graphically the character and charm of Old Eastport. Quaint houses, fishermen and brilliant seascapes were well to the fore in this exhibition. Loran Wilford of Springdale, Conn., exhibited a strong and vital group of water colors. Mr. Wilford won the R. Horace Gallitan Prize at the American and New York Water Color Societies’ Exhibition last winter. He is a member of the Salamagundi Club of New York, and was represented in the International show at the Art Institute of Chicago this spring. Mr. Kenneth Thompson had an excellent group, showing fine water color handling and great progress in his art. Thompson was here last year. One of the most interesting features of the show was a decorative map of Eastport, four by seven feet in size, which was designed by Miss Kathleen Vonte. The beauty and art of this map insure its exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries during the coming winter. It will be returned to Eastport next spring to become a permanent object of interest here. Other exhibitors whose work attracted interest were Remington Arthur, rich and imaginative; Hilton Leach, with a fine handling of this difficult medium, water color. Walter Blodgett scored with a fine, virile group, the most popular one of which showed a four-master with reflections. Miss Edith Maraden, Miss Knoe and Miss Jorden were represented by a number of well-handled canvasses, fine in color. Roderick Meade showed a beautiful group of water colors, and will no doubt be heard from in the big shows of America. A group of visitors informed Mr. Ennis that it was the best exhibition on the northern coast, including the professional exhibition at Rockport. Kent Coes justified himself with a free, impelling group. Gordon Colton made a fine start, but had to return to New York, due to sickness in his family,-thus eliminating his showing in the exhibition. Mary Postell Combs, Eleanor Jones, Mrs. Lang, Mary McLain, Maude Murdock and Isabel Simon made many fine studies. Peter Wagner of St. Petersburg found Eastport a delightful place to paint, and hopes to return next year. Carl Roters was splendidly represented with a group of eight water colors. Wadsworth Raye joined the painting group and made excellent progress. The summer season may be considered a success, and much of the work done here will be heard from in the forth-coming exhibitions in various cities during the winter. Mr. Ennis has asked the Sentinel to thank the people of Eastport for their kindness and good will shown to the art students. It is hoped next year the colony will be larger and even more productive of beautiful things. Including students and their friends, the colony of the present season numbers 76 people. Next year an eight-week term is being considered, beginning July 3 and continuing until August 30th. The Junior Class this year showed great progress under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Thompson. Peggy Kelly, Helen Roche, Jack Frost, Betty Havey, Reta Garfield, Paul Lingley, Frances Cassidy, Greeg Stevensen, Shelia Rutherford, Margaret Kay, Frank Dunn and Rose Wickerson were well represented in the ex- article ends Eastport Sentinel July 6, 1932 Page 1, column 2 STRONGER CORPS OF TEACHERS—GOOD REGISTRATION George Pearse Ennis opened the Eastport Summer School of Art on Tuesday July 5th. Mr. Robert C. Craig, Hilton Leach and Stow Wengenroth were at the school to organize their classes. The activity of instructors and students during the past year in the various national exhibitions proves the strength and value of this professional Art School to the Art World of America. Many of the last year’s members of this colony were accepted in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago National Exhibitions. A new class was started this year under the direction of Mr. Stow Wengenroth. Lithograph is developing rapidly and coming into a much fuller place in the sun, people of this country are realizing the beauty and decorative value of fine prints. Mr. Wengenroth has had a great success this year and the students registered in his class are fortunate to have the chance to study with him. Another advance this year is the rebuilding of our etching room, which puts it on a par with the best organized etching rooms of the larger cities. Mr. Leach has produced much excellent work during his stay in Florida this winter. Mr. Ennis and Mr. Leach both had excellent classes at Sarasota, Florida, and a winter school will open there November 15th with George Ennis as director. It is an interesting tie-up Eastport, Maine in summer and a Golf coast school at Sarasota for the winter, the two schools should strengthen and benefit each other. A number of students came from Florida to join the Eastport Colony, Mr. Wilton Taylor of Barton, Fla,, Hannah Low, Miami, Francis Goodell, Bradenton, Margaret McLaughlin Tampa, Fla., and others are expected soon. Miss Eleanoa S. Bulmer, Carson Davenport, Miss Betty Carter, Miss Emy M. Gibbs, Mr. And Mrs. Barton Griffen. Mrs. Griffen is the daughter of D. Henry R. Pattersen whom many Eastport people know as he had spent several summers here; Miss G. M. Knox of Schenectady, N. Y. Miss Dorothea MacDairmaid, Miss Enid Spidell, Miss Anna L. Schadt, Miss Clara Van Beuschoten, Miss Katherine Worcester, Wally D. Richards, Stevan Dohanes, Miss Elizabeth Saltonstall, Bessy E. Creighton, Jack Wilson, Miss Carolin Bradley, Mr. Rotin, Mrs. Gordon and Miss De Bar King. Others are expected, also Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Turner Kurtz who is associated with Mr. Ennis in the Florida school. The Clipper Ship opened Sunday and a continuous exhibition will be on view in the large dining room. This picture exhibition should interest visitors as it does the Eastport people and they are cordially invited as the dining room is open all day. A new large decorative map of Eastport is being designed and executed to take the place of the one painted several years ago. That was shipped to New York to be framed, but it was stolen from the Grand Central Art Galleries. This map will be 4 x 8 feet and will show tours, locations of interest and harbor. It will be installed permanently in the entrance way to the building. We hope to make this city the most important art colony on the coast and all cooperation from the city will be welcomed and returned. GEORGE PEARSE ENNIS.

Artist: Oscar Julius Medium: Watercolor Classification: Watercolors Old Accession Number: 32

Winner of the Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club, New York City, 1922 Inscribed to Will C. Beale of Eastport, Maine by George Pearse Ennis. The Salmagundi Club, a venerable New York art club, gave a prize each year sponsored by patron of the arts Samuel Shaw. The winning painting was reproduced for the members, with their signatures added below. Dimensions: 20" w x 19 3/8" h (unframed)

Winner of the Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club, New York City, 1922 Signed by members of the Salmagundi Club, New York City including George Pearse Ennis. The Salmagundi Club, a venerable New York art club, gave a prize each year sponsored by patron of the arts Samuel Shaw. The winning painting was reproduced for the members, with their signatures added below. Dimensions: 18 3/4" w x 18 7/8" h (unframed)

Eastport Sentinel August 21, 1929 Page 1 column 5 ART SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SESSION EXHIBITION WAS FINEST YET SHOWN - LONGER TERM, MORE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR The Eastport Summer School of Art closed last week with an exhibition par excellence in which were shown 156 Oils, Water Colors and Pencil Drawings, including twenty Sketches, by the Junior Class, which is largely composed of children of Eastport. The Water Colors and Oils this year showed a breadth and richness of color well in advance of last year’s work. Many of the students of last year returned and justified the beauties of Eastport’s island scenery, depicting graphically the character and charm of Old Eastport. Quaint houses, fishermen and brilliant seascapes were well to the fore in this exhibition. Loran Wilford of Springdale, Conn., exhibited a strong and vital group of water colors. Mr. Wilford won the R. Horace Gallitan Prize at the American and New York Water Color Societies’ Exhibition last winter. He is a member of the Salamagundi Club of New York, and was represented in the International show at the Art Institute of Chicago this spring. Mr. Kenneth Thompson had an excellent group, showing fine water color handling and great progress in his art. Thompson was here last year. One of the most interesting features of the show was a decorative map of Eastport, four by seven feet in size, which was designed by Miss Kathleen Vonte. The beauty and art of this map insure its exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries during the coming winter. It will be returned to Eastport next spring to become a permanent object of interest here. Other exhibitors whose work attracted interest were Remington Arthur, rich and imaginative; Hilton Leach, with a fine handling of this difficult medium, water color. Walter Blodgett scored with a fine, virile group, the most popular one of which showed a four-master with reflections. Miss Edith Maraden, Miss Knoe and Miss Jorden were represented by a number of well-handled canvasses, fine in color. Roderick Meade showed a beautiful group of water colors, and will no doubt be heard from in the big shows of America. A group of visitors informed Mr. Ennis that it was the best exhibition on the northern coast, including the professional exhibition at Rockport. Kent Coes justified himself with a free, impelling group. Gordon Colton made a fine start, but had to return to New York, due to sickness in his family,-thus eliminating his showing in the exhibition. Mary Postell Combs, Eleanor Jones, Mrs. Lang, Mary McLain, Maude Murdock and Isabel Simon made many fine studies. Peter Wagner of St. Petersburg found Eastport a delightful place to paint, and hopes to return next year. Carl Roters was splendidly represented with a group of eight water colors. Wadsworth Raye joined the painting group and made excellent progress. The summer season may be considered a success, and much of the work done here will be heard from in the forth-coming exhibitions in various cities during the winter. Mr. Ennis has asked the Sentinel to thank the people of Eastport for their kindness and good will shown to the art students. It is hoped next year the colony will be larger and even more productive of beautiful things. Including students and their friends, the colony of the present season numbers 76 people. Next year an eight-week term is being considered, beginning July 3 and continuing until August 30th. The Junior Class this year showed great progress under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Thompson. Peggy Kelly, Helen Roche, Jack Frost, Betty Havey, Reta Garfield, Paul Lingley, Frances Cassidy, Greeg Stevensen, Shelia Rutherford, Margaret Kay, Frank Dunn and Rose Wickerson were well represented in the ex- article ends

Eastport Sentinel August 21, 1929 Page 1 column 5 ART SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SESSION EXHIBITION WAS FINEST YET SHOWN - LONGER TERM, MORE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR The Eastport Summer School of Art closed last week with an exhibition par excellence in which were shown 156 Oils, Water Colors and Pencil Drawings, including twenty Sketches, by the Junior Class, which is largely composed of children of Eastport. The Water Colors and Oils this year showed a breadth and richness of color well in advance of last year’s work. Many of the students of last year returned and justified the beauties of Eastport’s island scenery, depicting graphically the character and charm of Old Eastport. Quaint houses, fishermen and brilliant seascapes were well to the fore in this exhibition. Loran Wilford of Springdale, Conn., exhibited a strong and vital group of water colors. Mr. Wilford won the R. Horace Gallitan Prize at the American and New York Water Color Societies’ Exhibition last winter. He is a member of the Salamagundi Club of New York, and was represented in the International show at the Art Institute of Chicago this spring. Mr. Kenneth Thompson had an excellent group, showing fine water color handling and great progress in his art. Thompson was here last year. One of the most interesting features of the show was a decorative map of Eastport, four by seven feet in size, which was designed by Miss Kathleen Vonte. The beauty and art of this map insure its exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries during the coming winter. It will be returned to Eastport next spring to become a permanent object of interest here. Other exhibitors whose work attracted interest were Remington Arthur, rich and imaginative; Hilton Leach, with a fine handling of this difficult medium, water color. Walter Blodgett scored with a fine, virile group, the most popular one of which showed a four-master with reflections. Miss Edith Maraden, Miss Knoe and Miss Jorden were represented by a number of well-handled canvasses, fine in color. Roderick Meade showed a beautiful group of water colors, and will no doubt be heard from in the big shows of America. A group of visitors informed Mr. Ennis that it was the best exhibition on the northern coast, including the professional exhibition at Rockport. Kent Coes justified himself with a free, impelling group. Gordon Colton made a fine start, but had to return to New York, due to sickness in his family,-thus eliminating his showing in the exhibition. Mary Postell Combs, Eleanor Jones, Mrs. Lang, Mary McLain, Maude Murdock and Isabel Simon made many fine studies. Peter Wagner of St. Petersburg found Eastport a delightful place to paint, and hopes to return next year. Carl Roters was splendidly represented with a group of eight water colors. Wadsworth Raye joined the painting group and made excellent progress. The summer season may be considered a success, and much of the work done here will be heard from in the forth-coming exhibitions in various cities during the winter. Mr. Ennis has asked the Sentinel to thank the people of Eastport for their kindness and good will shown to the art students. It is hoped next year the colony will be larger and even more productive of beautiful things. Including students and their friends, the colony of the present season numbers 76 people. Next year an eight-week term is being considered, beginning July 3 and continuing until August 30th. The Junior Class this year showed great progress under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Thompson. Peggy Kelly, Helen Roche, Jack Frost, Betty Havey, Reta Garfield, Paul Lingley, Frances Cassidy, Greeg Stevensen, Shelia Rutherford, Margaret Kay, Frank Dunn and Rose Wickerson were well represented in the ex- article ends

Watercolor painting of a street of old historic houses such as one would find in the south---think Charleston or New Orleans, measuring 17 1/2" by 21 1/2" (24 1/2" by 28 1/2" in an attractive, hand-carved frame), signed lower right in pencil and dated '35 by artist Stella Sara Henoch (1881-1964). However, upon opening the backing, I discovered penciled information identifying the subject: "Buxton House, Eastport Maine" and "Early colonial house". Internet research shows that the so-called Buxton House in Eastport was built in 1826 and that the mayor of Eastport, one Charles Buxton, lived in it around the year 1900. A historic district in Eastport has been proposed or established, to protect the early structures and the integrity of the neighborhood. There is a town of Buxton northwest of Portland in the southern part of Maine, so, an old Maine name. Colors are rich and not faded. Henoch seems to have had ties to Indiana and Missouri; a relative lived in Los Angeles which may account for the painting having been found here. She seems to have painted in a number of geographical areas. According to findagrave.com, her burial place is LaPorte, Indiana. Condition excellent. Brief Life History of Stella Sara When Stella Sara Henoch was born on 18 February 1881, in Missouri, United States, her father, Marcus Henoch, was 38 and her mother, Hulda Jacobs, was 28. She lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1940 and New York City, New York, United States in 1950. She died in 1964, at the age of 83. Note below mention of Stella Henoch attending the Eastport Summer School of Art in 1931 and 1935 in the Eastport Sentinel newspaper. Eastport Sentinel July 8, 1931 Page 1, column 5 ART SCHOOL OPENS HAS MANY STUDENTS IS ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION IN ART CIRCLES—LARGER REGISTRATION—PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESSFUL SEASON GOOD The Eastport Summer School of Art is now in full swing with classes meeting daily, and the largest registration it has ever shown. George Pearce Ennis, who established the school is in charge, and is assisted this year by Robert C. Craig, Hilton Leech and Miss Janice Truex. Mr. Craig’s presence on the faculty is of especial significance since he will have charge of teacher or normal training—a branch of the school which is expected to develop very rapidly. The restaurant connected with the school, known as “The Clipper Ship,” opened a day or two before the school itself and under the very competent management of Mrs. MacDiarmaid, is contributing materially to the welfare of the institution. The grounds about the property have been much improved and an awning has been installed at the entrance adding greatly to its appearance and convenience. To the painting classes this year have been added not only courses in teacher training, mentioned above, but an etching class, the latter equipped with a press of the latest design. Excellent work is expected from it, and samples of the etchings and lithographic prints of the students will be exhibited on the walls of “The Clipper Ship” along with oil paintings and water colors. The list of students at the Art School this year includes some really notable names and the successes attained in last week’s exhibition by artists who have studied here are likely to be duplicated or excelled next season. Among them, people who are already here or soon to arrive are the following: Fletcher Burdett, a well known and distinguished New York doctor. He is accompanied by Mrs. Burdett. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Julius and Miss Alene Julius. Mr. Julius is a well known painter and also director and treasurer of the Nassan Daily Star and allied newspapers of which Hon. Lloyd C. Griscom is the president. Col. Griscom and Mrs. Griscom are expected later. Edward F. Breen, Miss Katherine Bowes, H.J. Billings, E. Earl Bailly, Miss Elsa W. Bley, Miss Bernice Breck, Miss Elizabeth E. Case, Miss Betty Carter, Felix Cooper, Miss Beatrice Fach, Miss Grafle, Miss Stella S. Henoch, Robert W. Huntington, Mr. Howe, H. Estelle Hayden, Foss Longfellow, Ben Earl Looney, Miss Langenbeck, Mrs. Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Lockwood, Miss Maude Murdock, Miss Jane Messick, Miss Elizabeth Bowers Peck, Miss Augusta Pohl, Miss Noah Russell, Miss Marcella Stroth, Miss Emily N. Stewart, Miss Elizabeth Shelling, Colonel Emerson Gifford Taylor, John W. Huntington, Miss Clara Van Benschoten, Atwood L. Wright, Miss Emelia Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wagner and Miss Lillian Weyle. Mr. Redding Kelly, head of the Art Department of City College of New York will arrive Tuesday by the Eastern S. S. Mr. and Mrs. Holliday Dunpont Meeds are expected also Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hoyt, of Ogunquit, Me. Mrs. Hoyt is president of the Jacksonville, Fla., Art Association and Mrs. Meeds heads the Wilmington Fine Arts Society of Delaware. Mr. and Mrs.Frederick Osborn of New York and Bar Harbor will spend a few days. Their young daughter is studying art here. Mr. Ezra Winter, the decorator and painter is expected to arrive soon as a guest of Mr. Ennis. It is interesting to note the number of states represented in the registration. They include New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine, Nebraska, Delaware, Connecticut, Iowa, Washington, D.C., Indiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Maryland, Oklahoma, Illinois, New Jersey and Louisiana. The Art School will continue until August 26, and an exhibition will be given at about August 15th. The school congratulates Eastport on its many civic improvements, especially as to roads and sidewalks and the generally well-kept appearance of its homes. It finds this an ideal location, limitless in painting material and beauty of surroundings, and is cooperating with the city authorities to make Eastport the most famous art colony on the Atlantic seaboard. Eastport Sentinel July 31, 1935 Page 1, Column 1 ART SCHOOL HAS LARGE ENROLLMENT STUDENTS HAIL FROM MANY SECTIONS OF U.S.; RECEPTION AND PARTY LAST THURSDAY A reception and cocktail party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Julius, and Mr. and Mrs. George Pearse Ennis, last Thursday in honor of their friends and students and the officers of the Quoddy Project, who are residing here. The party was given in Mr. Ennis’ studio at the Art School building, and about 100 guests were entertained. The following well-known people were to be seen at this party: Mr. and Mrs. Hena and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eaton and guest, Mrs. Jack Roche and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Alex MacNichol, Mr. John Roche, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Wadsworth, Mrs. and Miss Hume, Major Fleming, Capt. Casey, Capt. Sturgis, Lieut. Leehey, Lieut. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Burpee, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McPhee, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Norwood, Dr. And Mrs. Kenneth Iverney, Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Cummings, Miss Waide, Mrs. Violet Vose, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Coblenze, Mayor and Mrs. Roscoe C. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Radolf Koops, Cleveland, Mr. Beale, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Milliken, Mr. John R. Taylor, Lieut. And Mrs. Wm. Austermann, Duke Dane and the entire student body. The Summer School of Art this year shows a very interesting and varied enrollment. Students coming from all parts of the United States, as far west as Enid, Oklahoma. The register shows students from Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Oklahoma, Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, with other states being represented during the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Huntington have leased the Bibber house for the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Julius have the Milliken home. The following is a list of people enrolled in the school. Many of the names listed below are eminent in other professions as well as being students of Art. Samuel K. Roller, New York City; Carol Dudley, Camden, Me., and New York City; Nancy Forgan, Chicago, Ill.; Vivian Moir, Troy, N.Y.; Mrs. Marian Carter, Attleboro, Mass.; Sara Kitchen, Rochester, N.Y.; Ruth Holbrook, New York City; Ethel L. Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio; Margaret Moody, Cleveland, Ohio; Grace Knox, Schenectady, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sebold, Bronxville, N.Y.; Miss Peggy Woodworth, Boston, Mass.; The Misses Mason, Webster Groves, Mo.; Mauren Frantz, Enid, Okla.; Ruth Hancock, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Jim Gardner, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Mrs. H.S. Howard, Westfield, N.J.; Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Huntington, Hartford, Conn.; Dr. Robert Huntington, Hartford, Conn.; Jack Huntington, Hartford, Conn.; Sally Huntington, Connecticut; Lena Newcastle, New York City; Georgia Worcester, Bangor, Me.; Elinor Plumley, Buffalo, N.Y.; Dr. And Mrs. Herbert Ives, New York City; A.W. Gavett, Dennysville, Me.; Frances Hawkswell, Lakewood, Ohio; Mrs. Wayne Hall, Glen Rock, N.J.; Mrs. R.R. Wilds, Glen Rock, N.J.; Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Race, Glen Rock, N.J.; Hanna McAllister, New York; Mrs. D.E. Nash, South Norwalk, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Groves, New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. M.D. King, Columbus, Ohio; Miss Stella Hennoch, New York City; Mrs. Holbrook, New York City; Alice Geary, Springfield, Mass.; Anna L. Schadt, Allentown, Pa.; Foll Longfellow, Princeton, Me.; Mrs. James B. Forgan, Lake Forest, Ill.; Miss Welch, Deer Island, N.B.; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Julius, New York City; Miss Allene Julus, New York City; Mrs. A.F. Atwood, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. G.P. Ennis, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Craig, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. M.B. Hull, Philadelphia, Pa.

A large wood engraving (10” x 7 15/16’’) of West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine by artist, Steven Dohanos. It dates to 1933. It was one of the earliest pieces to come into the collections of the Tides Institute, having been purchased by the Institute in 2003, a year after the Institute’s founding. An artist and illustrator, Dohanos was born in Lorain, Ohio in 1907 and attended the Cleveland School of Art. He was one of several artists from Ohio and the midwest (such as Walter Dubois Richards from Ohio and Edmund Schildknecht and Robert Craig, both from Indiana) who attended the summer art school (Grand Central School of Art that later became the Eastport Summer School of Art) in Eastport, Maine during the 1920s and early 1930s. Dohanos is perhaps best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers including a later illustration of the same West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. He considered Grand Wood and Edward Hopper as having the largest influences on his painting style. He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters and the Society of Illustrators and a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School of Westport, Connecticut where he moved to in early 1940s. He worked for the U.S. Treasury Department painting several post office murals across the U.S. He did his first magazine illustration for McCall's in 1938 and sold his first cover painting to The Saturday Evening Post in 1942. In total, he painted over 125 covers for The Saturday Evening Post during the 1940s and 1950s. He also illustrated for Esquire and other magazines. He died in 1994. Artist: Stevan Dohanos Medium: Wood engraving Classification: Prints Circa: 1933 Old Accession Number: 187 Description: Stevan Dohanos (American 1907-1994)- ''West Quoddy Light''- wood engraving, 1933, signed in pencil, edition of 250, published for the Print-A-Month club Cleveland, very good condition. 10 x 7 15/16''

Artist: Stow Wengenroth Medium: Lithograph Classification: Prints Circa: May, 1932 7 1/16" x 12 13/16" Edition of 54 Old Accession Number: 2185

Includes many photographs of the area as well as reproduction of several paintings by artists who have visited the area.

A History of the Eastport Summer Art School, Eastport, Maine, 1927-1936. Written by Margaret Whalen. Click on image to open pdf of manuscript.

About the Grand Central School of Art in New York City with two chapters set at the school's summer sessions held in Eastport, Maine in 1929.

Artist: Arthur Helwig Medium: Lithograph Classification: Prints Circa: 1933 Old Accession Number: 544 Description: Edition: 5/10.

WATERFRONT, EASTPORT, C.1930! Photo from our collections that shows a view of the waterfront of Eastport, Maine. Photo dates to about 1930. An artist's easel can be seen at the left of the photo and a seated artist can be seen at the right of the photo working on a painting or drawing. Most likely the artists were part of a summer art school, based out of New York City, that operated at Eastport from 1927 to 1936.

Article about death of artist, George Pearse Ennis, as a result of a car accident.