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1002 | Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley is a name well known among carvers and carving collectors. Author of The Art of Bird Carving: A Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, one of the earliest instructional books on the subject, Gilley was a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. By his estimate, he created “ten thousand birds of pine and paint” between 1931 and 1983. (Gilley also loved alliteration; it should be noted that most of his carvings were made of basswood.) [show more] | |
1005 | Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) |
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| Description: Addie Gilley’s created an outstanding collection of her husband’s work. The carvings that Addie so wisely saved over the years became the core of the Museum’s permanent collection. Wendell and Addie were the guests of honor at the opening of the Gilley Museum on July 12, 1981. They remained active in the museum until their deaths a few months apart in 1983. | |
1591 | Wooden National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley's National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge labelled "N.W.C.A. Director Wendell H. Gilley, 179-1, S. West Harbor, Me." | |
1580 | Southwest Harbor Man Gave Up Family Business to Become "Whittling" Artist |
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| Description: Bar Harbor Times article about Wendell Gilley's beginnings as an artist. Publication date is unknown. | |
1430 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey |
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1451 | Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley seated in his workshop next to a window with miniature carvings on windowsill. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1452 | Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley painting a carving in his workshop with a pipe in his mouth. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1453 | Wendell Gilley Selecting Driftwood |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley examining a piece of driftwood from a pile outside his workshop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1454 | Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird |
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1455 | Wendell Gilley Carving Wings |
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1456 | Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird |
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1484 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop |
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1497 | Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown |
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1508 | Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director |
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| Description: Portrait of former Wendell Gilley Museum Director (1981-2016) Nina Gormley | |
1541 | Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley, holding a carving of a ruffed grouse, with Steven Rockefeller. On reverse side of photograph: "Wendell Gilley in his S.W. Harbor Studio" | |
1592 | Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at his work table painting a carving of a cardinal, bookshelves in background | |
1593 | Wendell H. Gilley |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley working on a wood carving. At his collar he is wearing a pin shaped like a duck. | |
1594 | Wendell Gilley in his Workshop |
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| Description: Wendell uses a barber's chair he converted into a workbench to hold an eagle carving while he works on it. | |
1595 | Wendell Gilley at his Workbench |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in checked shirt with pipe seated at his workbench | |
1596 | Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant |
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| Description: Wendell Gillley seated at his workbench carving what appears to be a miniature pheasant. Pieces of driftwood are on table behind him | |
1597 | Wendell Gilley Hunting Waterfowl |
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1224 | Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley working on a carving, cormorants and herons on the wall behind him | |
1225 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings | |
1229 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop carving, tools hanging on wall next to him | |
1230 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding small carving of an owl perched on a driftwood branch | |
1446 | Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley |
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| Description: Notecard reads "Dear Nina: We are lifelong summer residents of SWH and had the great fortune growing up to meet Wendell several times in his workshop while he was carving birds for my grandparents which we now cherish. My mother Linda Madara was asked by Downeast Magazine to write a story about Wendell and to photograph him and his carvings. We came across the text and original copy this summer and thought you may want it for the archives. Best regards, Ted Madara" Note accompanies a typescript of the magazine article, "Wendell Gilley - The Art of Fine Bird Carving" and photographic negatives. [show more] | |
1400 | Desk calendar |
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| Description: Printed date on calendar is 1955 but it appears the Gilleys reused calendar pages to record events in subsequent years. |