1936Jon Corbino came to Rockport on a Guggenheim Fellowship.Arts and Culture, Art

Ann Brockman posing in front of the Corbino painting that she was the model for, which was created for a Rockport Art Association fundraiser, c. 1930s. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 21932

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Corbino painted in a Baroque style with heroic figures in often dramatic settings. It was suited to the 1930s and 1940s when anxiety and fear for survival were ever-present. People needed hope in humanity and Corbino’s heroic depictions entered America’s most important museums.

Oaks, Martha, and Cape Ann Historical Museum, editors. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: Rockport Artists in the 1930s: July 10 through October 16, 2010: Cape Ann Museum. Cape Ann Museum, 2010.

Other Events

1936
Artists Frederick Mulhaupt and Charles Allan Winter painted the City Hall murals.
1936
William H. Marston, the last survivor of Colonel Allen Post 45, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), died.
1936
The New York City-based Artists’ Union, with Stuart Davis (1894-1964) as a founding member and president, became the bargaining agent for artists in the WPA.
1936
Oscar Anderson (1873-1953) painted seven murals for Gloucester’s Hovey School.

1936Jon Corbino came to Rockport on a Guggenheim Fellowship.Arts and Culture, Art

Other Events

Artists Frederick Mulhaupt and Charles Allan Winter painted the City Hall murals.

William H. Marston, the last survivor of Colonel Allen Post 45, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), died.

The New York City-based Artists’ Union, with Stuart Davis (1894-1964) as a founding member and president, became the bargaining agent for artists in the WPA.

Oscar Anderson (1873-1953) painted seven murals for Gloucester’s Hovey School.