Boardman House

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting

Label

Centennial Acquisitions Exhibiton, October 22nd-23rd, 30th-31st, 2010: Edward Page, who executed this painting of Historic New England’s Boardman House in Saugus, was one of a group of painters who have come to be known as "the Lynn Beach painters." Like most in the group, Page is best known for his coastal scenes, but this image of an architectural relic in a pastoral setting demonstrates the group’s characteristic use of quick brush strokes to evoke varying qualities of light in natural settings.
"Artful Stories": In the early years of the twentieth century, many New Englanders were drawn to old things, whether architecture or artifacts, as tangible pieces of the past during a time of economic upheaval and mass immigration. Boardman House, a great historical relic built in 1692 in Saugus, Massachusetts, remained in the Boardman family until 1911. By that time the original 300 acres surrounding the house had been reduced to four. When the house was threatened with development in 1914, Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947) purchased it. It remains one of the organization’s most significant early properties.

Inscription

"E A Page" (Painted)
"Boardman Hill/House/Built 1650 Saugus/Mass/June 1st 99" (Handwritten pencil script)

Associated Building

Subject Boardman House (Saugus, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

69.1
2010.16

Maker

Page, Edward A., 1850-1928 (Artist)

Location of Origin

Saugus, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

14 5/8 x 18 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

2010.16.1

Places

Saugus (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)