Philip C. Beam papers

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Philip C. Beam papers

circa 1946-circa 1993

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Mounted photographs of Winslow Homer, his family, his studio at Prout's Neck, Me., and his work; photographic negatives; correspondence files regarding research, exhibitions and publications on Homer, including Philip C. Beam "Personal Recollections of the Museum of Art and the Department of Art at Bowdoin College" (1991); 3 videotapes: "Winslow Homer in Maine" c. WCBB-TV, Lewiston, ME; "Winslow Homer: The Nature of the Artist" c. NGA; "Winslow Homer's Images of Blacks 1861-1878" c. Menil Foundation.

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Bowdoin College

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Beam, Philip C.

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Philip C. Beam (1910-2005) was an art historian from Brunswick, Me. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip C. Beam, 1984 June 18-Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477473 Philip Beam was Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Bowdoin College. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1956. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155900128 Art historian, educator; Brunswick, Maine. Born 1910. ...

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910

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Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836. He was raised in Cambridge, where he developed a love of art and the outdoors. At the age of 19 he began his career as an illustrator, apprenticing at the J.H. Bufford lithographic firm in Boston. He then decided to become a freelance illustrator. In 1859 Homer moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, serving as artist-correspondent for the magazine during the Civil War. After taking some art classes at the National Academy of Desig...

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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