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'''Mountford Coolidge''' (1888 – 1954) was an American ] ] painter. Coolidge was born in ] in 1888, and as a teenager he moved to ], where he would stay for over forty years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Objects of Our Affection: The Rising Moon – The Golden Fleece |url=https://ogunquitmuseum.org/objects-of-our-affection-the-rising-moon-the-golden-fleece/ |website=Ogunquit Museum of American Art}}</ref> A 1921 article reviewing Coolidge's paintings in '']'' suggested that he "inclines to the formula of Post-Impressionism" and that he "seeks beauty in form rather than in atmosphere; his landscapes are undulating and solid, even the rocks having curling contours, and his colors are dull and deep."<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1921 |orig-date=Oct. 29, 1921 |title=Mountford Coolidge's Landscapes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25589849?searchText=mountford+coolidge&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmountford%2Bcoolidge%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A8a0e59980a771c0f16fe2a17be5868b2 |journal=American Art News |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=1 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> '''Mountford Coolidge''' (1888 – 1954) was an American ] ] painter. Coolidge was born in ] in 1888 and as a teenager moved to ], where he would stay for over forty years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Objects of Our Affection: The Rising Moon – The Golden Fleece |url=https://ogunquitmuseum.org/objects-of-our-affection-the-rising-moon-the-golden-fleece/ |website=Ogunquit Museum of American Art}}</ref> A 1921 article reviewing Coolidge's paintings in '']'' suggested that he "inclines to the formula of Post-Impressionism" and that he "seeks beauty in form rather than in atmosphere; his landscapes are undulating and solid, even the rocks having curling contours, and his colors are dull and deep."<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1921 |orig-date=Oct. 29, 1921 |title=Mountford Coolidge's Landscapes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25589849?searchText=mountford+coolidge&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmountford%2Bcoolidge%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A8a0e59980a771c0f16fe2a17be5868b2 |journal=American Art News |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=1 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>


Coolidge studied painting with ] and ], and he also had associations with ] and ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Artists' Biographies |url=https://www.vanwardgallery.me/biographies.html#/ |website=Van Ward Gallery |place=Ogunquit, Maine}}</ref> He exhibited work at multiple distinguished galleries in New York City and elsewhere, including a solo exhibition at ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |year=1921 |title=Calendar of New York Exhibitions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25589847?searchText=mountford+coolidge&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmountford%2Bcoolidge%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Abaad2a27f293adcf7d6c6e9ba26bd61f&seq=3 |journal=American Art News |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=10 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Works by Coolidge are held by the ] and the ], and two photographs of Coolidge are held by the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Untitled Maine Landscape |url=https://collection.farnsworthmuseum.org/objects/183/untitled-maine-landscape |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Farnsworth Art Museum Collection Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/mountford-coolidge-photograph-photographed-peter-juley-son:siris_jul_62282 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/mountford-coolidge-photograph-photographed-peter-juley-son:siris_jul_62283 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref> Coolidge studied painting with ] and ], and he also had associations with ] and ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Artists' Biographies |url=https://www.vanwardgallery.me/biographies.html#/ |website=Van Ward Gallery |place=Ogunquit, Maine}}</ref> He exhibited work at multiple distinguished galleries in New York City and elsewhere, including a solo exhibition at ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |year=1921 |title=Calendar of New York Exhibitions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25589847?searchText=mountford+coolidge&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmountford%2Bcoolidge%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Abaad2a27f293adcf7d6c6e9ba26bd61f&seq=3 |journal=American Art News |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=10 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Works by Coolidge are held by the ] and the ], and two photographs of Coolidge are held by the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Untitled Maine Landscape |url=https://collection.farnsworthmuseum.org/objects/183/untitled-maine-landscape |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Farnsworth Art Museum Collection Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/mountford-coolidge-photograph-photographed-peter-juley-son:siris_jul_62282 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/mountford-coolidge-photograph-photographed-peter-juley-son:siris_jul_62283 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref>

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Mountford Coolidge (1888 – 1954) was an American post-impressionist landscape painter. Coolidge was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1888 and as a teenager moved to Ogunquit, Maine, where he would stay for over forty years. A 1921 article reviewing Coolidge's paintings in American Art News suggested that he "inclines to the formula of Post-Impressionism" and that he "seeks beauty in form rather than in atmosphere; his landscapes are undulating and solid, even the rocks having curling contours, and his colors are dull and deep."

Coolidge studied painting with Hamilton Easter Field and Robert Henri, and he also had associations with Marsden Hartley and Bernard Karfiol. He exhibited work at multiple distinguished galleries in New York City and elsewhere, including a solo exhibition at Kraushaar Galleries. Works by Coolidge are held by the Ogunquit Museum of American Art and the Farnsworth Art Museum, and two photographs of Coolidge are held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Personal Life

Coolidge had a lifelong homosexual relationship the painter Channing Hare, with whom he also ran a small antique shop in Ogunquit. The business operated in a building that had previously been a barn and chicken coop. Coolidge and Hare were also charitable and went on to donate several works of historical art to different museums, including two ancient Roman paintings currently held by the Worcester Art Museum.

References

  1. ^ "Objects of Our Affection: The Rising Moon – The Golden Fleece". Ogunquit Museum of American Art. January 8, 2021.
  2. "Mountford Coolidge's Landscapes". American Art News. 20 (3): 1. 1921 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ "Artists' Biographies". Van Ward Gallery. Ogunquit, Maine.
  4. "Calendar of New York Exhibitions". American Art News. 20 (2): 10. 1921 – via JSTOR.
  5. "Untitled Maine Landscape". Farnsworth Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  6. "Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  7. "Mountford Coolidge photograph / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  8. "The End of Summer (Instagram Post)". Instagram, Ogunquit Museum of American Art. June 10, 2023.
  9. Severson, Kathryn M.; Meffert, Susan Day; Natoli, Marie D. (2009). Ogunquit (Then and Now). Arcadia Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-0738565354.
  10. "Mummy Portrait of a Young Man". worcester.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  11. "Fayuum Portrait of Woman with Pearl Jewelry". worcester.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  12. "Figurine | Bennington Museum". bennington.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.