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The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) in Provincetown, Massachusetts is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. [1] It was founded as the Provincetown Art Association on August 22, 1914, [ 2 ] with the mission of collecting, preserving, exhibiting and educating people about the work of Cape Cod artists.
In 1924, after serving in the United States Army and traveling across Europe, Moffett returned to Provincetown, Massachusetts and became one of the early founders of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM). [4] Moffett had his first one-man show at the Frank Rehn Gallery in New York and also at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1928. [6]
For artists with more than one type of work in the collection, or for works by artists not listed here, see the Artic website or the corresponding Wikimedia Commons category. Of artists listed, less than 10% are women. For the complete list of artists and their artworks in the collection, see the website.
Provincetown Arts was launched in 1985. [4] It was co-founded by artist Raymond Elman (1985-1990) and the late Christopher Busa, who remained the publisher and editorial director until his passing in 2020.
Provincetown Printers were a group of artists, most of them women, who created art using woodblock printing techniques in Provincetown, Massachusetts during the early 20th-century. [1] [2] It was the first group of its kind in the United States, developed in an area when European and American avant-garde artists visited in number after World ...
Mars and Squire helped to form the Amateur Art Study Club, now the Springfield Art Association, in Springfield during a 1909 trip to the United States. After returning to Paris, they sent works of art to the group for exhibition. [1] Ethel Mars, Provincetown, c.1918, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC.
After only six-and-one-half years of marriage, Helen Birch Bartlett died of cancer on October 24, 1925. To honor his wife, Frederic presented their unique art collection to the Art Institute of Chicago in May 1926. The Helen Birch Memorial Collection has been permanently displayed in the museum continuously since the donation.
Norfeldt was an early member of the Provincetown Printers art colony in Massachusetts. [3] In 1921, Nordfeldt was elected an associate member of the Taos Society of Artists . [ 4 ] He exhibited his work frequently with the Chicago Society of Etchers both before and after the war, showing between 1911-1918 and 1926–1929. [ 1 ]