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Douglas Volk and the arts and crafts in Maine.(Biography)

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| April 01, 2008 | Palmer, Arlene M. | COPYRIGHT 2008 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Renowned in his day as an artist and teacher, Douglas Volk has received little attention in recent years, and his role in the arts and crafts movement has been all but forgotten. From 1898 until about 1908, Hewn Oaks, the summer house he and his wife, Marion Larrabee Volk, built in western Maine (see Figs. 3-6 and 9), was an active "Center of Art and Handicraft," (1) where Volk determined to "revive a few of the old industries that were carried on in the farm houses" (2) in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although he inspired and guided the venture, Volk kept to his easel painting, while his wife, children, friends, and neighbors were busy carving wood and making ...

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