Welcome to the Langlais Art Trail

Welcome to the Langlais Art Trail! Devoted to mapping the spirited art of Bernard Langlais (1921-1977) across his native state of Maine, this website was made possible with the support of the Colby College Museum of Art, Kohler Foundation, Inc., and the many Maine communities and institutions housing the artist’s prolific work.  Here you will discover basic information about museums, libraries, parks, and schools from Portland to Presque Isle and from Rockland to Skowhegan where Langlais’s artworks can be visited and enjoyed.

Background

In 2010, Colby College received a bequest from Bernard Langlais’s widow, Helen Friend Langlais, of thousands of her husband’s artworks and the couple’s 90-acre property in Cushing, Maine. Kohler Foundation, Inc. of Wisconsin purchased the property from Colby, who in turn gifted the Foundation over 2,900 artworks by Langlais. A private foundation that funds preservation initiatives centered on art environments and collections, Kohler undertook the monumental task of conserving Langlais’s works and placing them in non-profit institutions in Maine and beyond. Over fifty institutions in more than forty Maine communities now hold artworks by Langlais.

Trail Participants