As the largest art museum in the state of Maine, the Portland Museum of Art serves as a vital cultural resource for all who visit. The Museum's collection of more than 17,000 objects is housed in three historic and remarkable buildings showcasing three centuries of art and architecture. With our constantly changing exhibitions and permanent collection, a diverse selection of fine and decorative arts is always on view.
This fall, step into the world of Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent with the exhibition, Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, on view September 25 through January 4, 2009. The exhibition of 40 works of art from the Brooklyn Museum of Art explores the unities of style, color, and light in this all-important international movement. Featuring works by Claude Monet, Eugène-Louis Boudin, John Singer Sargent, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and their peers, this exhibition further explores the development of modernist sensibilities in the plein air easel traditions of France and the United States.
Don't forget to visit our second floor to see Lynne Drexler--Painter. Among Monhegan Island’s early abstract painters, Lynne Drexler (1928–1999) holds a special place. This exhibition of 50 works will present the first comprehensive overview of her career. She began her career in New York with abstractions based on nature and classical music and culminated with more representational images drawn from her experiences of island life. The colorful and vibrant works on view will include paintings, drawings, and photographs, among them five Drexler works from the Museum and loans from private collections and her estate.
All of these extraordinary exhibitions are explored in greater detail through art classes, music, lectures, and much more.
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