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041
Maine Moonlight
1950
Oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee
Private collection
Provenance
Ruth Baldwin Folinsbee.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1950 Century
The Century Association, New York, Artist Members Exhibition, November 1950, Century Association Medal.1951 Corcoran
The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 22nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, April 1–May 13, 1951, no. 77.1952 PAFA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 147th Annual Exhibition, January 20–February 24, 1952, no. 409.1953 Audubon
Audubon Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, 11th Annual Exhibition, 1953.1953 American Academy Arts & Letters
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, Exhibition of Works of Newly Elected Members, May 1953.1956 Woodmere
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Paintings by John F. Folinsbee and Peter Cook with Sculpture by Charles Chase, February 12–March 4, 1956, no. 17.1959 Century
Century Association, New York, John Folinsbee, February 1959.1959 Farnsworth
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, John Folinsbee, July 17–September 14, 1959, no. 7.1968 Art Association Harrisburg
Art Association Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, John Folinsbee and Charles Rudy, February 4–24, 1968.1973 Century
The Century Association, New York, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by John Folinsbee, 1973, no. 23, ill., 13 (b/w), lent by Mrs. John Folinsbee.1974 American Academy
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, Memorial Exhibition for Eugene Berman, Philip Evergood, John Folinsbee, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Jacques Lipchitz, Franklin Watkins, March 8–April 7, 1974, no. 12, ill.1977 Newman
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, John F. Folinsbee, 1977, no. 5.1980 Western Electric Gallery
Western Electric Gallery, John Folinsbee, A Retrospective, 1980.1982 NJSM
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, The Paintings of John Folinsbee, October 30, 1982–January 9, 1983, no. 39.1984 Washington
Washington Art Association, Washington, Connecticut, John Folinsbee Retrospective, 1984, no. 53.1986 St Botolph Boston
St. Botolph Club, Boston, John F. Folinsbee, 1986, no. 18.1995 Michener
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, A Retrospective, March 25–June 18, 1995, no. 14.2004 Michener
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Earth, River, and Light: Masterworks of Pennsylvania Impressionism, 2004. Traveled to: Florence Griswold Museum, 2003; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, 2003; Greenville County Museum of Art, 2004 (Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions).Published References
Vose 1972
Appraisal of Pictures, Estate of John F. Folinsbee, June 20, 1972. Boston: Vose Galleries, 1972, #402.Cook 1973
Cook, Peter G. A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by John Folinsbee, Presented by the Century Association. The Century Association, 1973. Exhibition catalogue, p. 13, b/w ill.American Academy 1974
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Memorial Exhibition for Eugene Berman, Philip Evergood, John Folinsbee, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Jacques Lipchitz, Franklin Watkins. New York, 1974. Exhibition catalogue, p. [11], b/w ill.Cook 1977
Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. Philadelphia: Newman Galleries, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, 13, b/w ill.Cook 1994
Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 118, color ill.Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 6, color ill. (detail); p. 115, color ill.; p. 214, color plate 53; p. 273, cat entry.Record last updated March 11, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Maine Moonlight, 1950 (JFF.041)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=041 (accessed on April 26, 2024).