Presented by Carol Troyen, an independent scholar, author, and the Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Although they never overlapped in Gloucester, three of the greatest painters of the early twentieth century—John Sloan, Edward Hopper, and Marsden Hartley—spent significant parts of their careers on Cape Ann. Sloan (as noted by his friend John Butler Yeats) sought to paint “the skies so far away … the horizon so distant.” Hartley, working in Dogtown, was drawn to “the bed rock fierceness of the place.” And Hopper, with characteristic diffidence, said of his time in Gloucester, “I’d just go around painting houses”; his Gloucester was populated by fishing trawlers, rail yards, and Victorian houses. These artists’ responses to Cape Ann differed markedly, but the area’s appealing vistas led each to a new, and modern, style. This lecture will trace their steps through Gloucester and compare what each found there.

Individual tickets
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Series tickets
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     Three Moderns Paint Gloucester | July 23
     A Portrait of Friendship | August 13
     Passing Through Gloucester | October 30

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