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Vincent Hartgen's Maine Legacy
Establishing an art outpost in Orono
by Edgar Allen Beem
Vincent Hartgen, 1969
Spray Crescendo Schoodic, 1952, by Vincent Hartgen, UMO Art Dept.
Variations on a Birch Bark Theme, 1997, by Vincent Hartgen, UMMA, Bangor
Vincent Andrew Hartgen: His Art and Legacy (Wildflower Lane Publishing, Twin Falls, Idaho, 2008. $55 softcover) is an affectionate and appreciative attempt by the artist's sons David and Stephen along with Maine art critic Carl Little to document the life's work of one of the icons of Maine art. Vincent Hartgen (1914-2002) was a fine watercolorist, a popular teacher at the University of Maine in Orono, and the founder of the University of Maine Museum of Art
In 2006, the Hartgen brothers published their mother's memoir of the artistic life, A Maine Passage by Frances Caroline Hartgen, but this ambitious new family publishing venture is a 258-page survey and catalogue raisonn
Reader Comments
Comment from Mary Sheehan Winn on May 28, 2008
Hi Ed, I enjoyed browsing the links you included in this article. There's something about Maine that's irresistible. Mary
Comment from Ed Beem on May 29, 2008
Mary, Maine is where New York goes in the summer. They come for the landscape and stay for the life style. Ed
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