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| Keywords: Motif -1 in Rockport MA.jpg en Motif Number 1 located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport Massachusetts is a fishing shack well-known to students of art and art history as the most often-painted building in America 12 Built in the 1840s as Rockport became home to a colony of artists and fishermen the shack became a favorite subject of painters due to the composition and lighting of its location as well as being a symbol of New England maritime life Painter Lester Hornby 1882-1956 is believed to be the first to call the shack Motif Number 1 2 a reference to its being the favorite subject of the town's painters and the name achieved general acceptance In the 1930s painter John Buckley used the shack as his studio 3 He sold it to the town in 1945 dedicated In 1945 the town of Rockport purchased the Motif as a monument to Rockporters who had served in the Armed Services 4 The town recognizing its iconic value has taken pains to preserve both its structure and appearance finding a red paint which appears weather-beaten even when new 5 and keeping the area clear of overhead wires traffic signs and advertising The shack was destroyed during the Blizzard of 1978 1 but an exact duplicate was constructed that same yea my own Matty1378 Inner harbor and Motif 1 | ||||
