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Pilgrim Monument &
Provincetown Museum will host a special exibition on Peter Hunt and his
Peasant Village creations May through November, 2005.
Lynn C. Van Dine,
author of The Search for Peter Hunt, has opened a
Cape Cod-based writing and editing business called
Professional Writers & Editors.
Check out their services and portfolio!
Eldred's Auction House in Dennis, Mass.,
often offers Peter Hunt pieces at auction. (This is the same auction house that
handled the sale of Hunt's estate back in 1969.) See what items are coming up
for sale, or what prices they commanded.
Eldred's is great resource for estimating the value or authenticity of
your Hunt piece!
Terry
Catalano may very well be a modern-day Peter Hunt. An accomplished artist, he is
also a terrific salesman who offers area artworks through his Provincetown-based
Outer Cape Auctions, where
artists can reap the benefits of their labors. He often features Peter Hunt
pieces in his actions. Outer Cape
Auctions also features an excellent biographical directory of Provincetown
artists.
BookLoons,
readers, librarians and educators who love and review books of all kinds on
their web site, has posted a great review of
The Search for
Peter Hunt.
is a great resource for news, information and features on Cape Cod.
is chock full
of information, lessons, artists and ideas for decorative painters.
Look
for Peter Hunt pieces at
supports the
Provincetown Artists
Registry,
which includes a special page on
Peter Hunt.
Provincetown's Heritage Museum &
Pilgrim Monument
Museum
host an extensive collection of Peter Hunt pieces.
The Society of
Decorative Painters' Decorative Arts
Center in
Wichita, Kansas, has one of the few public
exhibits of Peter Hunt pieces. The Center will host a
show featuring PH called "The Three Ps of Folk Art: Peter Hunt, Peter Ompir and
Per Lynse."
Peter Hunt's
apprentice, Nancy
Whorf Kelly, is said to paint
his peasant designs even better than he did. Now she's
a
well-known Modern impressionist featured at
Berta Walker's Gallery in Provincetown.
Peter Hunt was
so taken with the talent of
Jack Amoroso, he
gave the young artist his own shop in Peasant Village.
Now,
Amoroso is a much-honored and an internationally known
artist based in Coconut Grove, Fla.
The
Provincetown Art Association and Museum has
two
Peter Hunt prints in its collection. In the 1930s, Peter
Hunt
twice served as a judge in its annual juried show.
The
Provincetown Banner
offers weekly features on past,
current and future local artists. Its archives include
two
stories: a
Peter Hunt
History Highlight, and
St. Mary of the
Harbor, mentioning his art contribution to a local church.
The Local History Company is the brilliant publishing house
that took a chance on "The Search for Peter Hunt."
Yellow Umbrella Books owner
Eric Linder helped enormously
with the research of "The Search for Peter Hunt" by tracking
down books and articles related to Peter Hunt from
his shop in Chatham, Mass.
Copyright 2004 Lynn Van Dine
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