Forest Light

Artist: Vincent Hartgen, Maine (1914–2002)

Alumni Hall, hallway near first floor Rooms 114 and 117C, wall across from water fountain

Aquarelle watercolor on paper.
An example of Hartgen’s “dialogue with nature,” Forest Light reflects the emotional impact of Maine’s forests and their ever-shifting rays of light.
Artist founder of UMaine Department of Art as well as University Art Collection (predecessor to University of Maine Museum of Art).
Created 1956, gift of Class of 1956, in memory of class member Daniel A. Rossano Jr.