The Influence of the Sea

In Maine's Music,

Poetry and Painting

A Pathfinder designed for

Curtis Memorial Library

Brunswick, Maine

The allure of the sea has influenced the works of Maine’s artists – her musicians, her poets, and her painters—for decades. Maine’s rocky coast has lured settlers and visitors for as long as there have been ships to carry them here. The sea holds a fascination that inspires artistic expression. As a people, we have always needed the sea for livelihood, but we have also celebrated the sea and the shore in song, poetry, and on canvas.

This pathfinder examines that influence in each of the disciplines. It is intended to guide the reader to literature and information that is available in the Curtis Memorial Library. (Call numbers are in blue.)

General Information on the relationship of the Maine coast and cultural development:

Coe, Harrie Badger. Maine Resources, Attractions, and

Its People: A History. New York: Crowell, 1970

(974.1)

Conkling, Philip W. Islands in Time: A Natural and

Cultural History of the Islands of the Gulf of

Maine. Rockland, ME: Down East Books, 1999.

(508.741.C752is12)

Rolde, Neil. An Illustrated History of Maine. Augusta,

ME.: Friends of the Maine State Museum, 1995.

(974.1.r744il)

Directory:

The Maine Arts Commission Artist Roster. Augusta, ME.:

The Commision, 2001. (REF 709.741025.A791)

This is a directory to Maine’s artists, musicians and authors. For most current information, visit their Web site available at http://www.mainearts.com.

The Influence of the Sea in Maine's Music

Print Materials:

Baker, Richard and Antony Miall. Everyman’s Books of

Sea Songs. Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1982.

(781.595.E937 boose)

Bone, David W. Capstan Bars. New York: Harcourt,

Brace & Co., 1932. (784.6 bone) A collection of sea

Chanties. See Chapter III: Short Haul Chanties.

Colcord, Joanna C. Roll and Go: Songs of American

Sailormen. Indianapolis: Bobs-Merrill Co, 1924.

(784.6 Roll)

Doerflinger, William. Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman.

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1972. (784.6 songs)

Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy and Mary Winslow Smyth,

Minstrelsy of Maine: Folk Songs and Ballads of the

Woods and the Coast. New York: Houghton Mifflin

Co., 1927 (784.4E)

Edwards, George Thornton. Music and Musicians of

Maine. Portland, ME.: The Southworth Press, 1928.

(REF 780.9741.E26mu)

Gray, Roland Palmer. Songs and Ballads of the Maine

Lumberjacks With Other Songs From Maine. Detroit:

Singing Tree Press, 1969. (784.4/gray)

Hugill, Stan. Songs of the Sea: The Tales and Tunes of

Sailors and Sailing Ships. New York: McGraw Hill,

1977. (784.6 hugill)

Linscott, Eloise Hubbard. Folk Songs of Old New

England. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1939

(784.4 linscott) See Chapter III: Sea Chanteys and

Fo’castle Songs.

Palmer, Roy. The Oxford Book of Sea Songs. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1986. (784.6 oxford)

Wiggin, Frances Turgeon. Maine Composers and Their

Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Rockland, ME.:

Maine Federation of Music Clubs, 1959.

(REF 780.9741wiggin)

Wiggin, Frances Turgeon. Maine Composers and Their

Music: Book II. Portland, ME.: Maine Historical

Society, 1976. (REF 780.9741wiggin)

Audiovisuals- Maine Music

Bagaduce Music Lending Library. The Maine

Collection: Music About Maine and/or by Maine

Composers. [videorecording] (CML Video)

Schooner Fare. Alive. (CD-ROM) Portland, ME.: Outer

Green Records, 1989. (CD 92-6)

Schooner Fare. Closer to the Wind. (CD-ROM) Portland,

ME.: Outer Green Records, 1989. (CD 92-20)

Schooner Fare. Classic Schooner Fare. (CD-ROM)

Portland, ME.: Outer Green Records, 1988.

(CD 91-3)

Slewka, Stephanie. On This Island [videorecording]

Fifth Man Films: Distributed by Maine PBS, 2001. (Available for viewing at Portland Public Library. Not available for borrowing.) Musical about North Haven, a Maine Island.

The Influence of the Sea in Maine's Poetry

General Resources- Print

Cowley, Malcom. New England Writers and Writing.

Edited by Donald W. Faulkner. Hanover, NH:

University Press of New England, 1966.

(810.9974.C875new)

The Eloquent Edge: 15 Maine Women Writers. Edited by

Kathleen Lignell and Margery Wilson. Bar Harbor,

ME: Adacia Publishing Co, 1989.

(810.809287.E484ed)

Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature.

Brunswick, ME: Maine Writers and Publishers

Alliance, 1994. (810.809741.M2254spl)

Untidy Candles: An Anthology of Contemporary Maine

Poets. Edited by Julie Zimmerman. Brunswick, ME:

Biddle Publishing Co., 2000. (811.54.U617can)

General Resources – Electronic

American Academy of Poets. Available at

http://www.poets.org [accessed April 18, 2003].

From their home page, click on “Poetry Map” and

then select “Maine.” This site includes information on

Maine poets, poems, literary organizations and a

calendar of local poetry events.

Fallon, Tom. “Maine Poets.” Available at

http://www.aopoetry.com/1meoetsnpm.html.

[accessed April 18, 2003.] Fallon is a Maine poet

and includes, in this website, poems by Maine’s well-

known and lesser-known poets.

Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Available at

http://www.mainewriters.org. [accessed April 18,

2003]. Besides a display that includes the traditional

Longfellow, Coffin, and Millay, you can contact this

organization for information about current Maine

poets.

Individual Maine Poets Whose Works

Reflect an Influence of the Sea:

Richard Aldridge

Aldridge, Richard. Red Pine, Black Ash. Thorndike,

ME: Thorndike Press, 1980. (811 Aldridge)

Philip Booth

Booth, Philip. The Islanders. New York: Viking Press,

1961. (811 Booth)

________. Relations: Selected Poems, 1950-1985.

New York: Viking Press, 1986. (811 Booth)

William Carpenter

Carpenter, William. Rain. Boston: Northeastern

University Press, 1985. (811 Carpenter)

Amy Clampitt

Clampitt, Amy. The Kingfisher. New York: Alfred A.

Knopf, 1985. (811 Clampitt)

________. What the Light Was Like. New York: Alfred

A. Knopf, 1985. (811 Clampitt)

Robert Peter Tristram Coffin

Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram. Ballads of Square-Toed

Americans. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1933.

(811 Coffin)

________. Dew and Bronze. New York: Albert & Charles

Boni, 1927. (811 Coffin)

________. Golden Falcon. New York: Macmillan Co.,

1929. (811 Coffin)

________. Primer for America. New York: Macmillan

Co., 1943. (811 Coffin)

________. Strange Holiness. Thorndike, ME.: The

Thorndike Press, 1936. (811 Coffin)

________. The Yoke of Thunder. New York: Macmillan

Co., 1932. (811 Coffin)

Holman Francis Day

Day, Holman Francis. Kin O’Ktaadn: Verse Stories of the

Plain Folk Who Are Keeping Bright the Old Home

Fires Up in Maine. Boston. Small, Maynard & Co.,

1904. (811 Day)

________. Up in Maine: Stories of Yankee Life Told in

Verse. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1901.

(811 Day)

Abbie Huston Evans

Evans, Abbie Huston. Collected Poems. Pittsburgh:

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970. (811 Evans)

Marjorie Johnson

Johnson, Marjorie. Songs From an Island. Francestown,

NH: The Golden Quill Press, 1975. (811 Johnson)

Poems about Bailey Island.

Rachel Field

Field, Rachel. Points East: Narratives of New England.

New York: Brewere & Warren, 1930. (811 Field)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Complete Poetical Works of Longfellow (Craigie

Edition.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1940.

(811 Longfellow)

The Poetical Works of Longfellow (Cambridge Edition.)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1975 (811 Longfellow)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Collected Lyrics of Edna St. Vincent Millay. New York:

Harper & Row, 1956. (811 Millay)

Millay, Edna St. Vincent. Collected Poems. Edited by

Norma Millay. New York: Harper & Row, 1956.

(811 Millay)

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Robinson, Edwin Arlington. The Children of the Night.

Boston: Richard G. Badger & Co, 1987.
(811 Robinson)

________. Glory of the Nightingales. New York:

Mamillan Co., 1930. (811 Robinson)

Wilbert Snow

Snow, Wilbert. Down East. New York: Gotham House

Inc., 1932. (811 Snow)

________. The Inner Harbor. New York: Harcourt,

Brace & Co., 1926. (811 Snow)

________. Maine Coast. New York: Harcourt, Brace

& Co., 1923. (811 Snow)

________. Maine Tides. New York: Henry Holt & Co.,

1940. (811 Snow)

Charles A. Waugaman

Waugaman, Charles A. First by the Sea. Hudson, Ohio:

The Partridge Press, 1976. (811 Wau)

Charles G. Wilson

Wilson, Charles G. Winter in Maine and Other Poems.

Farmington, ME: The Knowlton & McLeary Co.,

1935. (811 Wilson)

Note: Biographies of the individual poets are not included in this pathfinder, but may certainly exist. It is the purpose of this pathfinder to assist you in locating works of the individual poets. To locate biographies, please check the library’s electronic catalog, or please ask a staff person for assistance.

The Influence of the Sea in Maine's Paintings

General Resources- Print

Arnosky, Jim. Near the Sea. New York: Lothrop, Lee

& Shepard, 1990. (759.13.A763ne)

Belanger, Pamela J. Maine in America: American Art at

The Farnsworth Art Museum. Rockland, ME:

Farnsworth Art Museum, distributed through

University Press of New England, 2000.

(759.141.B426 2000)

Hennessey, Tom. Handy to Home: A Lifetime in the

Maine Outdoors. Camden, ME: Down East Books,

2000. (917.41.H515)

Mellon, Gertrud A. Maine and Its Role in American Art,

1740-1963. New York: Viking Press, 1963.

(709.73 mai)

Paintings of Maine. Edited by Arnold Skolnick. New
York: Clarkson Potter, 1991. (758.17410973.P1485)

Podmaniczky, Christine B. Through a Bird’s Eye:

Nineteenth Century View of Maine: Wm. A.

Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland,

Maine, 10 July – 28 September, 1981. Rockland,

ME: Farnsworth Art Museum, 1981. (769.941)

Stein, Roger B. Seascape and the American Imagination.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1975. (758 sea)

Wegenroth, Stow. The Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth,

1931-1972. New York: Crown Publishers, 1974.

(763 lit)

Individual Maine Painters Whose Works

Reflect an Influence of the Sea:

George Bellows

Oates, Joyce Carol. George Bellows: American Artist.

Hopwell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995 (759.13.011geo)

Marsden Hartley

Ames, Scribner. Marsden Hartley in Maine. Orono:

University of Maine Press, 1972. (759.13.H332Ames)

Haskell, Barbara. Marsden Hartley. New York: Whitney

Museum of Art, distributed by New York University

Press, 1980. (Catalog of 1980 exhibition.) (759.13)

Niss, Bob. Faces of Maine. Portland, ME: G. Gannett

Books, 1981. (974.1092.N726 1981)

Childe Hassam

Adams, Adeline. Childe Hassam. New York: American

Academy of Arts and Letters, 1938. (759.13)

Barridoff Galleries. Visions From Away: American and

European Paintings. Portland, ME: The Barridoff

Galleries, 2001. (750.0294.B275 2001)

Robert Henri

Baridoff Galleries. Visions From Maine 2002. Portland,

ME: Barridoff Galleries, 2002. (708.141.B275 2002)

Winslow Homer

Beam, Philip C. Winslow Homer. New York: McGraw-

Hill, 1975. (759.13)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Winslow Homer at

Prout’s Neck. [Exhibition] Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1966.

(759.13.H766 Bowdoin 1966)

Flexner, James Thomas. The World of Winslow Homer,

1836-1910. New York: Time-Life, 1966. (759.13)

Goldstein, Ernest. Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream.

Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing Co., 1982.

(759.13)

Hooper, Donelson F. Winslow Homer Watercolors.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1969.

(759.13)

Wilmerding, John. Winslow Homer, 1836-1910. New

York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1978 [Great Artist Series,

Vol. 3]. (759.13.H766 wilmerdi)

Winslow Homer, 1836-1910: A Selection form the Cooper-

Hewitt Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Washington: Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1972. (759.13)

Edward Hopper

Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper. New York: H.N.

Abrams, 1971. (759.3.H798ed)

Hobbs, Robert Carleton. Edward Hopper. New York:

H.N Abrams, 1987. (759.13.H798)

Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1980.

(759.13)

Rockwell Kent

Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Rockwell Kent: The

Early Years. [catalog of an exhibition at Bowdoin’s

Museum of Art.] Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College

Museum of Art, 1969. (729.13)

Ferris, Scott R. Rockwell Kent’s Forgotten Landscapes.

Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1998.

(759.12F394rock)

Jones, Dan Burns. The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A

Catalogue Raisonne. Chicago: University of Chicago

Press, 1975. (769)

Kent, Rockwell. The Illustrations of Rockwell Kent: 231

Examples. New York: Dover Publications, 1976.

(741.973)

Kent, Rockwell. N by E. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan

University Press, 1978. (919.82)

John Marin

Helm, Mackinley. John Marin. NY: Kennedy Graphics,

1970. (759.13)

Reich, Sheldon. John Marin, 1886-1951. Salt Lake City:

University of Utah Press, 1969. (741.973.R347joh)

Louise Nevelson

Lisle, Laurie. Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life.

New York: Summit Books, 1990. (709.2.L77llo)

Louise Nevelson in Process [Videorecording] Chicago:

Home Vision, 1977. (VC 89-142)

Georgia O’Keeffe

Castro, Jan Garden. The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe.

New York: Crown, 1985 (759.13.041 castro)

National Gallery of Art. Georgia O’Keeffe, Art and

Letters. Washington: National Gallery of Art.

(Catalog of exhibition, 1987 – 1989.) (759.13.041)

Robinson, Roxana. Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life. Hanover:

University Pres of New England, 1999.

(759.13.R663ge2)

Wright, Susan. Georgia O’Keeffe: An Eternal Spirit. New

York: Todtri, 1996. (759.13.041 wright)

Fairfield Porter

Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Fairfield Porter (1907-

1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1982. (Catalog of

Exhibition held January 12 – March 13, 1983).

(759.13)

Spring, Justin. Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art. New

Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. (759.13.S769)

Maurice Prendergast

Green, Eleanor. Maurice Prendergast: Art of Impulse and

Color. College Park: University of Maryland Press,

1976. (759.13.P926 Green)

Carl Sprinchorn

Barridoff Galleries. Visions From Maine 2002.
Portland, ME: Barridorff Galleries, 2002.

(708.141.13275 2002)

Neil Welliver

Art of the Real: Nine American Figurative Painters. Edited

By Mark Strand. New York: Crown Publishers,

1983. (759.13)

Andrew Wyeth

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. (759.13.W979 Amer)

Corn, Wanda M. The Art of Andrew Wyeth. Greenwich,

CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973.

(759.13.C812)

Hoving, Thomas. Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin, 1978. (759.13.W979 two)

Meryman, Richard. Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life. New

York: Harper Collins, 1996. (759.13.M576 and)

Portland Museum of Art. Andrew Wyeth in Maine.

Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 1989. (A

Catalog of exhibition held July 27 – September 24,

1989.) (759.13.W979 anuy)

Venn, Beth. Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew

Wyeth. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.

(759.13.V462)

Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition. Boston: Little

Brown & Co., 1998. (759.13.W8727 stra)

The World of Andrew Wyeth [Videorecording]. London:

London Weekend Television/RM Productions, 1980.

(VC 89-33)

Jamie Wyeth:

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. (759.13.W979 Amer)

Portland Museum of Art. Jamie Wyeth: An American

View. Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 1984.

(Catalog of exhibition held June 19-September 9,

1984.) (759.13.W979)

Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition. Boston: Little

Brown & Co., 1998. (759.13.W8727 stra)

N.C. Wyeth

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. (759.13.W979 Amer)

Visions of Adventure: N.C. Wyeth and the Brandywine

Artists. Edited by John Edward Dell. New York:

Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000. (759.13.V831)

Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition. Boston: Little

Brown & Co., 1998. (759.13.W8727 stra)

The Wyeths: The Letters of N.C. Wyeth, 1901-1945.

Edited by Betsy James Wyeth. Boston: Gambit,

1971. (759.13.W979 Wyeth)

Margarite Zorach

Barridoff Galleries. Visions From Maine 2002.
Portland, ME: Barridorff Galleries, 2002.

(708.141.13275 2002)

William Zorach

Barridoff Galleries. Visions From Maine 2002.
Portland, ME: Barridorff Galleries, 2002.

(708.141.13275 2002)

Zorach, William. Art is My Life: The Autobiography of

William Zorach. Cleveland: World Publishing Co.,

1967. (730.92.Z89 artis)

Note: Biographies of the individual artists are not included in this pathfinder, but may certainly exist. It is the purpose of this pathfinder to assist you in locating works of the individual painters. To locate biographies, please check the library’s electronic catalog, or please ask a staff person for assistance.