Images
from a Restless Mind
Our
thanks to Beth Cossey, president of the Rufus Porter Museum, and Julie
Lindberg, owner of many of the murals displayed there, for contributing
their expertise to this article. The museum is open Thursday through Sunday
from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend, then on weekends through
Columbus Day. For information:
Rufus Porter Museum
and Cultural Heritage Center
PO Box 544
Bridgton, ME 04009
207.647.2828
www.rufusportermuseum.org
Artists'
Resources:
Kremer Pigments is
the leading manufacturer of artist’s pigments used in conservation. The
company’s web site is www.kremer-pigmente.de/englisch/homee.htm.
www.naturalpigments.com
is an alternate source for pigments that Kremer does not carry.
www.dickblick.com
is a good general art supplier for brushes and rabbit skin glue in powder
form.
For those who are
disgusted by the thought of using rabbit skin glue, the site offers some
alternatives,
although it is unknown
how they would work in distemper paint.
The sole known source
for American red ochre is www.nativewayonline.com.
Books:
The only biography of
Rufus Porter remains that written by folk art collector and author Jean Lipman,
who published the first edition in 1968. The book was revised and reprinted in
1980 in conjunction with an exhibition on Porter at the Hudson River Museum.
Both books are out of print but used copies are available from Amazon.com
and book-finding services starting at about $100 each.
Rufus Porter,
Yankee Pioneer
Jean Lipman (New York:
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968)
Rufus Porter
Rediscovered: Artist Inventor Journalist, 1792-1884
Jean Lipman (New York:
Clarkson N.
Potter, Inc., 1980)
Restoration:
The murals at the
Richard and Elizabeth Enright House are being restored by:
Christiana
Cunningham-Adams
Cunningham Adams Fine
Arts
Painting Conservation
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