Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Dark Harbor Fishermen
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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N. C. Wyeth (American painter, 1882-1945)
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Location:
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repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 1996.38.63
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Location Note:
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7 Congress Square
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GPS:
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+43.653611-70.262222
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Date:
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1943 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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egg tempera on hardboard ("Renaissance" brand panel)
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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35 in (height) x 38 in (width)
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Subjects:
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genre; human figure; seascape; Boats and boating; Fishing; birds; seagulls; herring; fish
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Description:
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After 1920, Wyeth’s work as an illustrator dropped to about half its former pace, and he concentrated much of his effort on "serious paintings," which he produced more slowly. In the late 1930s and 1940s he made memorable paintings of the harsh life of farmers and fishermen in Maine. The viewpoint of this painting of herring fisherman, from above on the dock, gives the work a dramatic tension. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-WYETHNC-DHF-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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