Ogunquit Museum of American Art

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Ogunquit Museum of American Art
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Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Former name
Museum of Art of Ogunquit
Established1953
Location Ogunquit, Maine
Coordinates 43°14′02″N70°35′20″W / 43.2338°N 70.5889°W / 43.2338; -70.5889
Type Art museum
Founder Henry Strater
DirectorAmanda Lahikainen
Website ogunquitmuseum.org

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is a small art museum [1] located on the coast in Ogunquit, Maine. The museum houses over 3,000 pieces in its permanent collection. [2]

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The Ogunquit Museum of American Art collects and exhibits modern and contemporary American art. Its permanent collection includes paintings, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and new media. It is located in its original building at 543 Shore Road in Ogunquit, Maine, and its sculpture garden overlooks Narrow Cove.

History

Artist and collector Henry Strater purchased land in Ogunquit formerly owned by Charles Herbert Woodbury who is widely credited with founding the art colony in the village. [3]

Initially founded by Strater as The Museum of Art of Ogunquit, the institution was incorporated on September 18, 1951, with a mission for “the broad educational interests of the public.” Architect Charles Worley of Boston designed the museum to realize the full potential of the site on the coast. Strater commissioned architect Charles S. Worley Jr. to design the building it is housed in. [4] The museum opened its doors to the public on July 25, 1953.

The first exhibition included 121 works by modern artists Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Stuart Davis, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Peggy Bacon, Walt Kuhn, Frances Lamont, Hamilton Easter Field, and William von Schlegel, and was supported with the loan of important works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Downtown Gallery.

In the ensuing decades, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art has organized important exhibitions of modern and contemporary art by Edward Hopper, [5] Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, [6] Dahlov Ipcar., [7] and Philip Koch. [8]

Collection

The museum houses over 3,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Highlights include:

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