Each summer, George Bellows sought artistic inspiration away from the heat of New York City. He first visited Monhegan, Maine, in the summer of 1911 where the island’s raw beauty, dramatic coastline and rolling sea provided the ideal scenery for his style of painting.

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jimin / edward hopper, waves crashing on rocks, monhegan, 1916-19

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Wreck, Monhegan,
Rockwell Kent,
1950

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Rockwell Kent (1882–1971)
Cranberrying, Monhegan, c. 1907

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