Alex Katz's Maine
Although he?s renowned for his work in Manhattan, his iconic paintings of summer up here showcase this artist?s genius.
By Paul Doiron
Twenty years ago, the painter Alex Katz was asked how future art historians would come to categorize his bright and bold creations. The answer he gave was blunt. "I don't know what art history is going to do," said the longtime Lincolnville summer resident. "And I don't give a damn."Not giving a damn seems to have paid dividends. Over the past two decades Alex Katz, 78, has indisputably entered the pantheon of major American artists. His distinctive oil paintings, acclaimed as masterpieces of figurative realism, hang in virtually every major public collection in the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art.
