AFA Autumn 2021

Autumn 58 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com artists to represent the harbor were Bernard Corey (1914–2000), who waited until the snows of winter to record his version of a Rockport harbor shed, and John Chetcuti (1900–1976), who chose to isolate the harbor motif at the end of its own pier. The tiny boat in the upper right-hand corner of Donald Allen Mosher’s (1945–2014) vertical Monhegan Headlands (Fig. 6) , a topographical vista from Black Head to White Head, gives scale to a dramatic long-range view of the island’s “backside.” On Monhegan, he recorded such rugged forms of geology, while on Cape Ann, his eye caught more sedate scenes in Gloucester, such as his Harbor View (Fig. 7), in which sailboats in the harbor are framed by prosaic domestic architecture. Edward Henry Potthast (1857–1927) depicted a special geological formation on the Island. His watercolor Crow’s Nest, Monhegan (Fig. 8) shows an out- cropping near the southern tip known as the Crow’s Nest. While summery Breezy Day (Fig. 9) is a depiction of the recreational waterside scene for which he is best known. Intimate scenes of Cape Ann such as Leon Kroll’s (1884–1974) Eden Road, Rockport, (1961) (Fig. 11) and Paul Strisik’s (1918– 1998) Evening Tide, Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester (Fig. 10), capture a tranquil aspect of the local experience. Eden Road, once a local pathway, is now a tourists’ auto route that still runs around the forested interior and edges the land that overlooks the twin lighthouses on Thacher Island; while Good Harbor Beach is a local stretch of sand favored by locals and visitors alike. On Monhegan in 1959, the Strisik found a livelier scene perched above the water in Monhegan Pier (Fig. 12). Lobster traps, ​fishing boats, and dory suggest a vibrant local economy. On a trip to the island, Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002), a long-time summer resident of Gloucester, climbed Horn’s Hill to record the topography in Island Inn and Wharf (Fig. 13), a small but sweeping scene that includes the prominent hostelry, some of the oldest buildings in the village, the wharf with its gantry, Manana (the small island that forms the west side of the Fig. 16: Charles Movalli (1945–2016), Fish Houses, Monhegan, ca. 2010. Acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 inches. Collection of Dale Ratcliff Movalli.