It’s a Maine Thing - Hezzy’s Sidewalk Talk

Museum News: Farnsworth Museum, Opening: “Confronting Abstraction: Painting in Maine 1954-1955”. This current exhibit of 20 paintings is from the permanent collection of the museum. The theme of the show explores the affect that the Maine landscape had on the work of a group of Abstract Expressionists who lived in New York after WW II. Many of these artists eventually became influential, internationally recognized artists who continued their relationship with Maine throughout their careers. The show includes the work of realist Andrew Wyeth to abstractionist John Marin as well as works by James Fitzgerald, Rockwell Kent and Andrew Winter. These are the painters from the generation that paved a new way of looking at the Maine landscape which influenced the next 50 years of painters in Maine. Go to www.farnsworthmuseum.org for museum hours and other shows.Celebrate Maine! Realize the Spirit!