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Frank Handlen

The Offshore Swell by Frank Handlen

Our Forebears of the Coast by Frank Handlen

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1916, and raised in Caldwell, New Jersey, traditional artist Frank W. Handlen depicts ships, the sea and the Maine landscape in oil and pastels. In 1938, his mentor, marine artist Frederick Judd Waugh, encouraged him to go to Maine, "where it will all be before you". Handlen settled first in Biddeford Pool and later in Kennebunkport. As a young man, he worked in Bernie Warner's shipyard on the Kennebunk River and eventually designed and built his own forty-foot, sixteen ton topsail schooner, The Saltwind, which is moored in the Kennebunk River behind his house, very near the site of the old shipyard. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Map of Caldwell in Essex County Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey, about sixteen miles outside of New York City. ... Wood Island Light in 1910 Biddeford Pool is a large tidal pool, as well as the name of the community around it, located off of Saco Bay in southern Maine. ... Boats on the Kennebunk River between Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Kennebunkport is a town located in York County, Maine. ... Categories: US geography stubs | Maine rivers ... Categories: US geography stubs | Maine rivers ...

In the 1994, he was commisioned to create the heroic bronze statue, Our Forbears of the Coast, that stands on the Kennebunkport River Green. Handlen was a Fellow of The American Society of Marine Artists, for 22 years. He illustrated "Seapiece The Story of a Maine Boy" by Will Beale and "The Story of Maine for Young Readers" by Melville Freeman and Estelle Hale Perry. His pastels, oil paintings and pen and ink drawings are extensively owned by private and corporate collectors including, The Kennebunkport Historical Society [1], The Brick Store Museum, MBNA, Sears Robuck and The St. Botoph Club in Boston, to name a few. Boats on the Kennebunk River between Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Kennebunkport is a town located in York County, Maine. ...

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