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1855 Boston, Massachusetts - 1940 Portland, Maine. Known for: Landscape, architecture.
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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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •The Brushians (Maine)
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-