Background
Beam, Philip Conway was born on October 7, 1910 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Millard Filmore and Georgia Bettye (Avera) Beam.
(Detailed catalog of the wood-engraved magazine illustrati...)
Detailed catalog of the wood-engraved magazine illustrations presented at the Winslow Homer Exhibit of the New Britain Museum of Art, March 26, 2003 to July 13, 2003.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Z5NCJY/?tag=2022091-20
(Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910) was an American landscape pai...)
Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations. This book is the only complete and up-to-date collection of the magazine engravings of Homer's, one of America's greatest painters. Here are all 220 of Homer's magazine engravings of the American scene from 1857 to 1875, as they appeared regularly in numerous national magazines such as Harper's Weekly, Ballou's Pictorial, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and others. The book also includes an interesting and useful text about Winslow Homer's life and career as a popular illustrator, a biographical chronology, a complete checklist, and bibliography. The 220 engravings are arranged chronologically. Philip C. Beam is henry Johnson Professor of Art at Bowdoin College and curator of the Winslow Homer collection there. He is also the author of other books on Homer.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064303810/?tag=2022091-20
Beam, Philip Conway was born on October 7, 1910 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Millard Filmore and Georgia Bettye (Avera) Beam.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1933. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1944.
Certified, University London, 1936.
Assistant to director, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery Art, Kansas City, Missoury, 1933-1936;
curator, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1936-1939;
faculty college, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1936;
professor art, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1939;
director, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1939-1964;
department chairman, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1939-1977;
Henry Johnson professor art and archaeology, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1958-1982;
professor emeritus, Museum Art Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., since 1982. Faculty summer institute American painting, 1974, 76. Visiting professor Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1960-1969.
Visiting professor art U. Vermont. Lecturer Shelburne (Vermont) Museum, 1967, 70, Colby College, 1976. Member Maine Art Commission, 1946-1952, chairman 1951-1952.
Consultant art book University of California Library. System, 1964.
(Detailed catalog of the wood-engraved magazine illustrati...)
(Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910) was an American landscape pai...)
( Winslow Homer was the antithesis of the unkempt bohemia...)
(Detailed biography of the artist's later years in Maine.)
(Book by Homer, Winslow, Beam, Philip C.)
(Book by Beam, Philip C.)
(Book by Philip C. Beam)
Chairman court honor Brunswick chapter Boy Scouts American, 1939-1942. Campaign chairman Brunswich United Fund, 1960, board director, 1960-1962. Board governors Portland Art Museum, 1945-1950.
Board corporators Ogunquit (Maine) Art Museum, 1956-1973, trustee, 1972-1977. Patron Maine Art Festival, 1960-1961. Member College Art Association, New England Council American, Association Museum Directors, American Association Museum, Bowdoin College Alumni Association (honorary).
Married Frances Merriman, August 8, 1939. Children: Christopher, Rebecca Randall.