June 7 – July 5, 2024

PHILIP BARTER: Paintings and Drawings from the 1980s and 1990s

Opening Reception: June 12, 5–7pm

This collection of paintings by Philip Barter (1939–2024) were painted during the pinnacle of his illustrious career. They come from the coveted collection of an avid, longtime Barter collector who recently made them available. Barter was known for the bold style of his colorful abstract-like landscapes and his gritty narratives of Downeast life and Maine’s working waterfronts.

A self-taught artist from Boothbay, Maine, Barter went to California in the 1960s where he met and worked with Alfonso Sosa, an abstract expressionist painter. It was on the west coast where Barter first encountered the work of Marsden Hartley, another Maine-born artist. Barter identified with Hartley and was inspired to move back to Maine to paint full-time where he spent a half-century painting the landscape of his home state.

By the 1990s Barter was experiencing success. Bates College Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Barter’s work in 1992, and Bates, the Farnsworth Museum, and Portland Museum of Art acquired his work. Barter was also the subject of a feature profile in Down East and in January 1995, and Tim Sample highlighted Barter’s life in art in one of his “Postcards from Maine” segments on the CBS Sunday Morning program hosted by Charles Kuralt. Barter went on to enjoy a prolific, successful career. In 2017, Marshall Wilkes published Philip Barter: Forever Maine, a monograph on Barter’s life and career written by Carl Little.

PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Descending Clouds, Mt. Katahdin 1997, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Sorrento Pound 1983, oil on canvas, 24 x 24.5 inches from a private estate Price on Request

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Still Life with Strawberries 1988, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches from a private estate SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Mt. Katahdin, Abol Rock Fall ca. 1980s, oil on canvas, 38 x 30.5 inches from a private estate Price on Request

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) A Day At The Lake 1983, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches from a private estate Price on Request

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Egypt Stream 1991, oil on canvas, 40 x 51.5 inches Price on Request

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Mt. Bigalow 1993, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate $8000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Blueberry Barren with Aureole ca. early 1990s, oil on board, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate $10,500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Still Life With Vegetables ca. 1990s, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches from a private estate $12,000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Still Life with Owl 1997, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate Price on Request

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Open Tulips 1989, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches from a private estate $6000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Schoodic ca. 1980s, oil on board 30 x 24 inches from a private estate $6500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Two Sail Boats ca. 1990s, oil on canvas, 25 x 31 inches from a private estate $8000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Fish and Lemons ca. 1980s, oil on wood relief, 30 x 30 inches from a private estate $6500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Hog Bay 1984, oil on board, 20.5 x 24 inches from a private estate SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Oberton River in Spring 1990, oil on board, 30 x 24 inches from a private estate $9500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Duck Pond, Dyer Bay 1991, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate $8500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Wild Flowers 1991, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate $8500

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Blueberry Field with Gravel Pit oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches from a private estate $9000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Bayberries and Shore Roses, Schoodic oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Wine Bottle and Two Lemons ca. 1990s, oil on board, 14 x 11 inches from a private estate $2800

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Foolish 1989, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches from a private estate $7000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Saint John’s Bay at Midnight ca. 1990s, oil on canvas, 27 x 38 inches from a private estate $8000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Andrew’s Boatyard 1987 oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches from a private estate $9000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Winter Landscape 1989, oil on board, 5 x 7.5 inches from a private estate $2000

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Casita with Red Bush pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches $950 framed

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Blue House pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Casita with Clouds pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Philip Barter en España pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches SOLD

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Casita pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches $950 framed

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Abstract House pastel, 4.5 x 7 inches $950 framed

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Mount Katahdin 1997, pencil sketch, 4 x 7 inches $950 framed

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PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Maine Landscape pastel, 7 x 4.5 inches $950 framed

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