Art Trivia: Who is this artist? This artist is born under the first sign of the zodiac! Before becoming an artist, this person excelled in an unusual field of sports. The subjects of their paintings ranged from figurative to still lives and landscapes. Born in a New England seacoast city, the father of the family […]
On Thursday, April 22, 2021, Earth Day, the Farnsworth will feature poems by Maine writers exploring praise of nature, the psychological and emotional connections with nature and the environment, and poems of warning in the light of the climate crisis. Offered on a rotating basis throughout the day, each poem is paired with artwork from […]
Art Trivia: Who is this artist? An Aries, this artist is well known for depicting aerial views. A native of the Pine Tree State, they were born in this state’s Queen City. This artist studied at various colleges in Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island earning their degree in 1976. Early in their career and while […]
Art Trivia: Who is this artist? This artist in the Farnsworth collection was born in Santa Rosa, California. They started to draw at a very young age and were admitted to Stanford University. While at Stanford they traveled to France at the invitation of their aunt. The day they arrived in Paris, they visited the […]
Art Trivia: Who is this artist? This artist led an adventurous life, first serving in the Marines then enrolling in a well-known Boston art school. While on a semester break, they were a passenger and subsequently joined the crew of a fishing vessel. In the third decade of the 20th century, they visited an island off […]
On Sunday, February 21, we celebrated the 129th birthday of Pulitzer Prize poet Edna St. Vincent Millay with Maine poets reading letters and poems that focus on Millay’s exploration of loss and renewal. Poets also read their own poems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, personal loss, and the threat of global climate change. Edna […]
Art Trivia: Who is this artist? This artist was born in a New England seaport city in the third decade of the 20th century. Their family moved to a tropical island when they were 10 years old. Returning to New England, this artist attended a prominent college and concentrated their studies in both two and […]
The museum recently asked museum educator Hollie Ecker of Arts & Minds which artworks in the Farnsworth’s collection she values most. A shortened version of this interview appeared in the fall 2020 Farnsworth magazine. My name is Hollie Ecker and I am a teaching artist/associate educator with Arts & Minds in New York City, a […]
Question: This artist was born in Russia in the early years of the 20th century. During the Russian Revolution, their family escaped via a circuitous route to the United States. Trained in painting and drawing, the artist studied woodcut relief printmaking, manuscript illumination, printing, and photogravure in England with additional studies in art in Europe. […]
Preview(opens in a new tab) Enjoy solving this puzzle of Jamie Wyeth’s wonderful painting Maine Coon Cat, 1998, Oil on canvas, Collection of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Gift from a private collection, 2003.5 This puzzle is part of the Farnsworth’s 2020 Share the Wonder Celebration, centered on the theme of Comfort and Joy. Share the […]
