Fisherman's Beach Again Home to Beach Painters

Information for this article was provided by Anne Driscoll

Artists again dipped their brushes in paint at when the  hosted a Beach Painter Plein Air Art Program on Saturday.

Anita Balliro, an art teacher at , directed the painting program, presenting lessons in art and history.

Swampscott fishermen provided compelling subjects for 19th century plein air artists who set up their easels along the shore.

These artists, such as William Partridge Burpee, C.E.L. Green, Edward Burrill and Charles H. Woodbury, were accomplished American Impressionists working in Swampscott and Lynn, although many had trained in Paris.

Saturday's outdoor painting program was a follow up to a Fish Tales from the Fish House lecture that Anita Balliro gave about the Swampscott/Lynn Beach Painters in June.

Both programs were co-sponsored by ARTS (Arts Resources for the Town of Swampscott), a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the quality of life in Swampscott by fostering lifelong appreciation of and participation in visual, literary, and performing arts within the community.

Balliro is a member of ARTS and a longtime promoter of the arts and was assisted by fellow ARTS member Julie Brooks, owner of the GaGa Gallery, 359 Humphrey St., Swampscott.