One-Man Shows 1931-1983
1931: First New York Show, Dudensing Galleries, 5 East 57th
Street, New York, January. Second show at Dudensing, and the last was in November.
1932: First show Milch Galleries, 108 West 57th Street, New
York, October. This was to be Stephen's gallery for 30 years.
1934: Milch Galleries, March.
1935: Milch Galleries, March.
Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan, February.
1936: Milch Galleries, March.
1937: Milch Galleries, March.
1938: Milch Galleries, January.
Doll and Richards, 140 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, October.
1939: Milch Galleries, January.
Lewiston Trust Company, Lewiston, Maine.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brusnwick, Maine.
1941: Milch Galleries, January
1942: Milch Galleries, January
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.
1945: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Milch Galleries, New York, December
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara de Young Museum in San Francisco.
Doll and Richards, Boston. October.
1946: Milch Galleries, January
Doll and Richards, April.
1947: Milch Galleries, December.
Martin Memorial Library, York, Pa., October.
1950: Milch Galleries December.
1951: L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum, 111 High Street,
Portland, Maine, September. (Portland Museum of Art)
Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, August.
1952: York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., February.
Milch Galleries, September.
Buck Hill Art Association, Buck Hill, Pa., July.
1953: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland,
Maine, "Retrospective Exhibition: Covering 25 years in the Artistic Life of Stephen M. Etnier," August.
1954: Fairleigh Dickinson College Art Museum, Rutherford,
New Jersey.
University of Maine Art Gallery, Orono, Me., April.
1955: York Art Center Gallery, York, Pennsylvania.
1956: Milch Galleries, January
Young and Rubicum Advertising Agency, Lewiston and N.Y. Offices.
Centennial Hall, West Harpswell, Maine, July.
1958: Milch Galleries, January
1960: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.
Mitch Galleries, October.
Historical Society, York, Pa.,November.
1961: Centennial Hall, West Harpswell, Maine, July.
Coram Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, November.
Mitch Galleries, November.
1964: Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell, Maine, July.
Mitch Galleries, November.
York Junior College, October.
1965: Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, August,
A Retrospective.
1966: Barker-Wright Memorial, Patten Free Library, Bath, Maine,
August.
Mitch Galleries, November.
1968: Treat Gallery, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, April.
Patton Free Library, Bath, Maine, August.
1969: The Collector's Gallery, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee,
owners of York Art Center, York, Pa.
Midtown Galleries, A. D. Gruskin, 11 East 57 Street, N.Y. January.
1970: Harpswell Centennial Hall, West Harpswell, Maine, August.
1971: Midtown Galleries, New York, January.
1974: Midtown Galleries, New York, February.
1976: Midtown Galleries, New York, January.
1979: Midtown Galleries, New York, February.
1980: Midtown Galleries, New York, January.
1981: PS Galleries, Dallas, Texas, November.
1983: PS Galleries, Dallas, Texas, Etnier at 80 show, November.
Awards, Commissions, Acquisitions 1931-1966
1932: American Art Institute of Chicago, received Honorable
Mention: "Mackeral Cove."
1935: Mural for radio station WORK, York, Pa., "Early
Communication, Modern Communication."
1936: First Sale of Popham painting, "Into the Sun" to
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Acquisition: "Cafe Tables, Haiti."
1938: Mural for Post Office, Everett, Massachusetts: "Mail for
New England."
Avery Memorial Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Acquisition: "Bird Houses."
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia Acquisition: "The Hunter."
1939: Mural for Post Office, Spring Valley, New York: "Mail
for New York."
1940: I.B.M. Corporation award: "The Clam Bake."
1942: Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Acquisition: "Railroad Cut, Brunswick."
1950: Named Associate to National Academy of Design, New York.
Toledo Museum, Toledo, Ohio Acquisition: "Cafe, Vieux Carre."
1953: Elected Academician to National Academy of Design, N.Y.
National Institute of Arts and Letters, N.Y.C. Acquisition for presentation to Gettysburg College, "The Seven-Fourteen."
Fairleigh Dickinson College, Rutherford, N.J. Acquisition: "Inching Tide."
1953: Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, Purchase Prize: "Accra Beach."
1955: Received Saltus Gold Medal, N.A.D.: "Caribbean Moon."
1956: Received the Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize, N.A.D.:
"Port of Call."
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. second Acquisition: "Port of Call."
1961: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Acquisition: "Harpswell Shore."
1962: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine Acquisition:
"Sea Farmer."
1963: Storm King Art Center, New York, Acquisition:
"Waterfront, Mazatlan."
1964: Received Samuel F. B. Morse Gold Medal, N.A.D.:
"Afternoon Sun." Assigned to Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.
1965: Brigham Young Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah Acquisition:
"The Skiff."
1966: Flint Invitational Art Show, Institute of Arts, DeWaters
Art Center, Flint, Michigan Acquisition: "Edge of the Tide."
1969: Honorary doctorate, Fine Arts: Bowdoin College
Honorary doctorate, Fine Arts: Bates College
NOTE: our scanned copy of this document stops at 1966.
Efforts are underway to complete this listing.
Group and Invitational Exhbitions, 1931-1967
1931: York Art Association, York, Pa., "Tide Mill Cove."
Carnegie Institute International Exhibition of Paintings, Pittsburgh, Pa., "Maine Highway."
1932: Women's Club Auditorium, Philadelphia, "Bermuda Scene." Andover Exhibit, Addison Gallery, Boston, Ma.
American Art Institute of Chicago, "Mackeral Cove" received Honorable Mention.
1933: First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.C. "Unloading Poles."
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D. C. "The Signal Tower."
Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Near Baltimore."
1934: Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "York, Pa."
Milch Galleries, 108 West 57th Street, N.Y. included in summer show "Cocktail Hour" and "Shunk's Hill."
1935: Carnegie Insitute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Bermuda Garden."
Toledo Art Institute, Toledo, Ohio, "Street in York, Pa.," "Girl with Mirror," and "Sunset, Manhattan."
1936: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acquisition and exhibition "Into the Sun." (May 1936, 25" x 30")
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., "Cafe Tables, Haiti."
1937: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Low Tide."
Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Adolescence."
1938: Acquisition and exhibition "Bird Houses," Avery Memorial Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Northeaster."
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Putting Off the Mooring."
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., "The Hunter."
1939: Institute of Modern Art, Boston, Massachusetts, "Footbridge."
1940: International Business Machines Corporation Gallery of Science and Art, World's Fair, New York City, "Clam Bake." Two painters were represented from each state. "Clam Bake" received award.
1942: Milch Galleries, "In the Hangar" (summer show).
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, acquisition and exhibition, "Railroad Cut, Brunswick."
1945: Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Flower Mart."
1947: Carnegie Institue International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "The Marshes."
1948: Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, The Straggler."
The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D. C., "Forever Amber."
1949: Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "The Tower."
1950: Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, "Cafe, Isle of Pines."
Toledo Museum, Toledo, Ohio, acquisition and exhibition, "Vieux Carre"
National Academy of Design, New York, "Windmills."
1951: Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois, "Dining Room, Sea Gables Hotel."
National Academy of Design,New York, "Spring Carnival."
1952: National Academy of Design, New York, "Cafe, Isle of Pines." York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa.
1953: Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, "Accra Beach," received medal and purchase prize.
Harpswell Town Hall Art, Harpswell, Maine, "The Long Shadow."
Visiting Nurse Association, York, Pa., accepted and exhibited two paintings, "York, Pa." and "Crosstown."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Inching Tide." acquired by Fairliegh Dickinson College.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, exhibited "Hibiscus Alley", a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Foster Yancey.
National Academy of Design, New York, "Jamaica Noon."
1954: National Academy of Design, New York, "The Morning Haul."
Harpswell Centennial Hall Art Show, Harpswell, Maine, "Low Tide."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Shipyard, St. Thomas," "Seven-Thirty," "Overseas Highway," and "Concert Night."
1955: York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Harpswell Shore," "Winter," "Pa. Landscape," and "Scarecrow."
Acquisition by National Institute of Arts and Letters, N.Y.C. for presentation to Gettysburg College, "The Seven- Fourteen."
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Maine, "Year's End." National Academy of Design, New York, Carribean Moon."
Sports Illustrated Magazine with the assistance of the American Federation of Arts developed an exhibition for national and international circulation for presentation during the Olympic year to seven major museums in the United States and for final exhibition in Australia during the fall of 1956, "Cafe, Isle of Pines," included in the exhibition.
1956: The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, N.H. "Wharf, South Harpswell," "Laying the Keel," and "Royal River, Yarmouth."
National Academy of Design, N.Y., "Port of Call."
Acquisition and exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.C., "Port of Call."
Young and Rubicum Advertising Agency, Lewiston, Maine. Acquisition Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, L.I., "Autumn "
1957: Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois, "Dining Room, Sea Gables Hotel."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Study for Winter, Casco Bay," "Nude Study" and "High Noon, Nassau."
1958: National Academy of Design, New York, "Lighthouse Service Dock, Nassau."
New Britain Art Museum, Connecticut, as part of the Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hydeman collection, exhibited "Nassau Morning."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Estes Wharf." Soceity Fine Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, "Near Yarmouth."
1959: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine sponsored exhibition in conjunction with bird carvings of wood by Charles Chase.
1960: Historical Society of York, Pa.exhibited approx. 15 paintings including "Port of Call."
1961: Cosmopolitan Club, Bath, Maine, "Still Morning."
Centennial Hall, Harpswell, Maine, "From Princes Store," "Fish Houses," "At Harpswell," "Boat Houses," and "Alton Estes Traps."
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, acquisition "Harpswell Shore."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "At Sebasco," and "Western Shore."
1962: Maine State Art Festival, Augusta, Maine, "Fish House," awarded first prize.
Acquistion Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, "Sea Farmer."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Western Shore.,'" and ,"New Gloucesten,"
1963: Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine,"Head Tide."
Maine State Art Festival, Augusta, Maine sponsored by the Kennebec Valley Art Association, "Edge of Winter" awarded first prize.
Temple Beth El Art Festival, Portland, Maine "Three Islands" and "The Moorings."
York Art Center Galleries, York, Pa., "Fresh Breeze," Sloop Nassau," and "Workboat."
1964: Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine, "Fish House."
Temple Beth El Art Festival, Portland, Maine, "Looking Westward," "South Freeport," and "Winter."
National Academy of Design, New York, "Afternoon Sun," received award from Rayner Fund and assigned to Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.
State Art Festival, Augusta, Maine, "Halfway Rock Light," "The Seiners," and another painting, "Just Yesterday" awarded first prize.
York Art Center, York, Pa., "Fish House," and "Sea Gulls."
1965: National Academy of Design, New York, "Arthur."
York Art Center, York, Pa., "Silence," "Cloud Shadow," "Study for Winter," "Into the Sun," and "The Critic."
1966: First Flint Invitational, Flint Institute of Arts, DeWaters Art Center, Flint, Michigan, "Edge of the Tide."
Fifth Annual Art Festival, Temple Beth El, Portland, Me., "The Rudder," "R. F. D." and "Kennebec Boatyard."
National Academy of Design, New York, "Winnegance Bay."
York Art Center, York, Pa., "Cloud Shadow," "Repairs, Nassau," "Hillsboro Inlet Light," Mazatlan," "Girl with Slip,"
and "Girl with Bananas."
Harpswell Garden Club, Harpswell Centennial Hall, Maine, "At South Freeport," "Right of Way," and "Charlies Punt," "At Tide Mill Cove."
1967: National Academy of Design, New York, "Hot Sun."
York Art Center, York, Pa., "Old Schooner," "Aucocisco," "Phippsburg Landing," "Estes Dock," "On the Lower Kennebec," "Buoy Station, S. Portland," and "The slip."
Wiscasset Art Museum, Wiscasset, Maine, "Burning Off."
NOTE: our scanned copy of this document stops at 1967.
Efforts are underway to complete this listing.
