John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine was primarily an architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial... Read full biography
John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine was primarily an architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial Revival style, which dominated United States domestic architecture for the first half of the last... Read full biography
John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine was primarily an architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial Revival style, which dominated United States domestic architecture for the first half of the last century. His designs can be found along the Maine coast as well as in Portland and its suburbs. He was also a landscape painter who exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Portland Society of Art, which he... Read full biography
John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine was primarily an architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial Revival style, which dominated United States domestic architecture for the first half of the last century. His designs can be found along the Maine coast as well as in Portland and its suburbs. He was also a landscape painter who exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Portland Society of Art, which he served as President, and the Brushians, a local group of southern Maine landscape painters of which he was the youngest by 20 years. They nicknamed him "The Old Man". His architecture career began in 1873 after his graduation from Portland High... Read full biography
John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine was primarily an architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial Revival style, which dominated United States domestic architecture for the first half of the last century. His designs can be found along the Maine coast as well as in Portland and its suburbs. He was also a landscape painter who exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Portland Society of Art, which he served as President, and the Brushians, a local group of southern Maine landscape painters of which he was the youngest by 20 years. They nicknamed him "The Old Man". His architecture career began in 1873 after his graduation from Portland High School when he joined the architectural firm of Francis H. Fassett. He remained an active architect until his death in Portland in 1940.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Brushians
1996
Casazza, Elaine Ward
26 pages
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
New Hampshire Scenery
1985
Campbell, Catherine
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977
Brown, Milton W
631 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index