Vincent Andrew Hartgen

Vincent Andrew Hartgen
Born	1914 Reading, Pennsylvania
Died	November 27, 2002
Nationality	American
Known for	Collector, Teacher
Spouse(s)	Frances
Awards	Black Bear Award Distinguished Professor Award
Website	Official site

Vincent Andrew Hartgen (1914—2002) was an American artist.

Biography

Early life

Hartgen was born in 1914 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He got master's degree in fine arts from the University of Pennsylvania where he also used to study architecture. When World War II began he joined the U.S. Army Camouflage Corps. Later on, he married Frances, a United States Weather Bureau worker.^[1]

Teaching career

After the war he worked as a teacher in the University of Maine where he showed his students the difficulties which Michelangelo had when he was painting the Sistine Chapel. He also showed his art in summer on the yard of his Orono home.^[1]

Collecting

As a collector he collected 5,000 art pieces which were painted by such famous artists as Berenice Abbott, Jasper Johns, John Marin, Diego Rivera, Giovanni Piranesi, Kathe Kollwitz, and Andrew Wyeth.^[1] He has collections in such museums as the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, the Walker Art Center, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the De Cordova Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Chase Gallery. He served as museum director for 36 years at the University of Maine Museum of Art. He died on November 27, 2002.^[2] During his life he was awarded with such awards as the Black Bear Award, the Distinguished Professor Award and an even became an honorary doctor of fine arts at the University of Maine. He was also a founder of the Vincent A. Hartgen Award which was established in 1999.^[1]

References

1. Alicia Anstead (November 30, 2002). "Visionary, art professor Vincent Hartgen dies at 88; Painter founded UM art department, collection". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
2. "Vincent Andrew Hartgen". Retrieved August 10, 2013.