Matinicus
George Wesley Bellows · 1916
00Conversation
Two works in conversation
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Dark Harbor Fishermen
Newell Convers Wyeth · 1943
Read across · curator-tuned model
placeholderPlaceholder narrative. These works — Matinicus (George Wesley Bellows, 1916); Dark Harbor Fishermen (Newell Convers Wyeth, 1943) — have been pulled from different rooms of the Portland Museum of Art so the visitor can read them against one another. Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and re-run `python scripts/generate_compare.py 1996.38.1 1996.38.63` to replace this with a curator-grade essay grounded only in the cataloged metadata.
RAG retrieval · 6 related works pulled from the 77-work index by TF-IDF similarity
Generated 2026-05-07· grounded only in the works’ catalog metadata
| Title | Matinicus | Dark Harbor Fishermen |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | George Wesley Bellows | Newell Convers Wyeth |
| Year | 1916 | 1943 |
| Medium | oil on canvas | Tempera on hardboard (Renaissance Panel) |
| Dimensions | 32 x 40 inches | 35 x 38 inches |
| Category | American Art | American Art |
| Accession | 1996.38.1 | 1996.38.63 |
| Credit line | Bequest of Elizabeth B. Noyce | Bequest of Elizabeth B. Noyce |
| Dominant color | #bec0a0(yellow) | #271e1f(red) |
Span: 1916 – 1943 · 2 works · share via ?ids=1996.38.1,1996.38.63