Historic American Art Colonies

Ogunquit Art Colony through Roycroft Art Colony

 

Ogunquit Art Colony

 

(above: Unknown artist, Art Colony, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine (post card), c.1930-45, linen texture, color, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

 

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

An Eye for Maine: Paintings from a Private Collection; essay by Donelson Hoopes (11/30/04)

From other websites:

Ogunquit Art Colony from Maine Art Galleries. Includes essay from Charles H. Woodbury and His Students from exhibit brochure by Michael Culver, OMAA Curator. Accessed July, 2015

Ogunquit History from Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce. See section titled "The Arts in Ogunquit - Beauty by the Sea." Accessed July, 2015

 

Park Ridge Art Colony

From other websites:

Park Ridge Art Colony from AskArt.com

 

Ponce de Leon Artist Colony

From other websites:

Ponce de Leon Artist Colony from Dr. Bronson Tours includes several artist biographies. Accessed July, 2015

 

Provincetown Art Colony

(above: Bradley Wharf's Motif Number 1, Rockport, MA, 2013. Photo by John Hazeltine)

 

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony (1899-2011) (6/8/12)

The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony, 1899-2011 (8/17/11)

Bringing the Colony to Light; Introduction essay by Alexander J. Noelle (8/17/11)

Charles Webster Hawthorne Founds the Cape Cod School of Art; essay by James R. Bakker (8/17/11)

The Provincetown Art Association and Museum; essay by Christine McCarthy (8/17/11)

Blanche Lazzell and the Advancement of Modernism; essay by Robert Bridges (8/17/11)

Ross Moffett and the Modernist Tradition; essay by Josephine C. Del Deo (8/17/11)

Hans Hofmann in Provincetown; essay by Deborah Forman (8/17/11)

Academic and Impressionist Traditions in Provincetown; essay by Elizabeth Ives Hunter (8/17/11)

Tirca Karlis Gallery: Pivotal Decades of Provincetown Art; essay by Julie Heller and Whitney Smith (8/17/11)

Restoring the Art Colony to Its Former Glory; essay by Deborah Forman (8/17/11)

The Gravity of Provincetown; essay by Alexander J. Noelle (8/17/11)

From other websites:

Provincetown Art Colony from Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Accessed July, 2015

Provincetown Artist Registry, a list Provincetown artists. Accessed July, 2015

From Google Book Search choose all books, then search for The Provincetown Book by Nancy W. Paine-Smith and go to the chapter titled "The Art Colony", pp 145-147

 

Rehoboth Beach Colony

From other websites:

Rehoboth Beach Colony from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015

 

Richmond Art Colony

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

A Walk in the Woods: The Art of John Elwood Bundy, by William H. Gerdts covering the Richmond (Indiana) School

From other websites:

Richmond Group from Richmond Art Museum. Accessed July, 2015

 

Ridgefield Art Colony

Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Ridgefield Art Colony

 

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

"Artists and Art Colonies of Ridgefield, New Jersey" by Gail Stavitsky

From other websites:

Creativity in the Palisades: the Art Colony of Ridgefield, an article dated August 22, 2013 from Hidden New Jersey. Accessed July, 2015

 

Rockport Art Colony

Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Rockport Art Colony

 

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

A. T. Hibbard, N.A.; essay by Thomas Davies (8/13/04)

From other websites:

Rockport Art Association from Wikipedia

"In Rockport, artists kept the Depression at bay." August 24, 2010 article by Cate McQuaid from The Boston Globe. Accessed July, 2015

 

Rocky Neck Art Colony

Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Rocky Neck Art Colony

 

From other websites:

Rocky Neck Art Colony history from Rocky Neck Art Colony. Accessed July, 2015

Rocky Neck Historic Art Trail from rockyneckarttrail.org. PDF files can be accessed that provide detailed information on artist studios and related places. Accessed July, 2015

 

Roycroft Art Colony

Articles and essays from Resource Library:

A Harmonious Life: The Design and Book Art of Dard Hunter (6/20/03)

From other websites:

Roycroft colony from roycrofter.com. Accessed July, 2015

Roycroft from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015

 

American Academy in Rome through Cragsmoor Art Colony

Dixie Art Colony/Alabama Gulf Coast Colony through Lyme Art Colony

MacDowell Art Colony through North Conway Art Colony

Ogunquit Art Colony through Roycroft Art Colony

San Diego Art Colony through Stone City Art Colony

Taos Art Colony through Yaddo Art Colony

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Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Art Colonies

Southern States Art Colonies

Midwestern States Art Colonies

Rocky Mountain and Southwestern States Art Colonies

Pacific States Art Colonies

 

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