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Ogunquit Museum of American Art
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Former name
Museum of Art of Ogunquit
Established1953
LocationOgunquit, Maine
Coordinates43°14′02″N 70°35′20″W / 43.2338°N 70.5889°W / 43.2338; -70.5889
TypeArt museum
FounderHenry Strater
DirectorAmanda Lahikainen
Websiteogunquitmuseum.org


The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) is anart museum[1] located in Ogunquit, Maine. The Museum officially opened in 1953 and was founded by Lost Generation artist Henry Strater. Situated near Perkins Cove, the Museum and its three acres of sculpture gardens overlook Narrow Cove with views directly over the Atlantic Ocean. OMAA houses a permanent collection of over 3,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs spanning from the late 1800s to the present.[2]

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] Anthony Cudahy,[8] Lee Krasner[9], and Philip Koch.[10]

  • Pages from the inaugural exhibition catalog at OMAA

Collection

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ogunquit Museum of American Art.
  1. ^ "Directory Listing". mainearts.maine.gov.
  2. ^ "The Maine Art Museum Trail". maineartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ^ "Ogunquit Museum of American Art Charles H. Woodbury and His Students". www.tfaoi.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ^ "History of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art". Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
  5. ^ "Edward Hopper: The Ogunquit Paintings". www.antiquesandthearts.com. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. ^ "Ogunquit Museum season includes Jamie Wyeth". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ^ "Ogunquit opens its season with an exhibition of Dahlov Ipcar's early work". Press Herald. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  8. ^ "Anthony Cudahy Aims to Be as Eclectic as a Tumblr Feed". New York Times. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  9. ^ "'Lee Krasner: Geometries of Expression' Review: A Painter's Patterns in Ogunquit". Wall Street Journal. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  10. ^ "Philip Koch: Isle of Dreams". Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  11. ^ "Ogunquit Museum of American Art: The Permanent Collection". Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23.


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