{"product_id":"boy-in-boat-maine-elwyn-george-gowen","title":"Elwyn George Gowen | Boy in Boat Maine","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"715\"\u003eThis oil on board by \u003cstrong data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"264\"\u003eElwyn George Gowen\u003c\/strong\u003e, titled \u003cem data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"296\"\u003e“Boy in Boat, Maine,”\u003c\/em\u003e captures a quiet moment along the Maine coast as a young boy drifts in a small boat against a serene shoreline. Gowen’s soft, natural palette and sensitive treatment of light evoke the calm atmosphere of New England’s maritime landscape. The composition’s simplicity — a single figure, gentle water, and expansive sky — conveys reflection, solitude, and the distinctive character of the Maine coast he knew intimately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"1504\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"751\"\u003eElwyn George Gowen (1895–1954)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Maine-born American painter trained at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"846\"\u003eSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston\u003c\/strong\u003e, where he earned the Ripley Scholarship, the Thayer Prize, and two Cummings Traveling Scholarships. He later studied and taught in Ogunquit under Charles Woodbury, becoming closely associated with the region’s art community. Gowen’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1164\"\u003eTufts University Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e (in the exhibition \u003cem data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1208\"\u003eElements of Expression\u003c\/em\u003e) and is the focus of a forthcoming retrospective at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1300\"\u003eOgunquit Museum of American Art\u003c\/strong\u003e. His paintings appear frequently in the auction market and in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1410\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eprivate New England coastal art collections\u003c\/strong\u003e, sustaining his reputation as a sensitive interpreter of Maine’s landscape and maritime life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery 44","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50909795057962,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0945\/4875\/4730\/files\/IMG_0211_edited.jpg?v=1767466194","url":"https:\/\/gallery44llc.com\/products\/boy-in-boat-maine-elwyn-george-gowen","provider":"GALLERY 44","version":"1.0","type":"link"}