Marsden Hartley's Maine

Maine served as a creative springboard, a locus of memory and longing, a refuge, and a means of communion with other artists, such as Winslow Homer, who painted there. Marsden Hartley (1877–1943) was a well-traveled American modernist painter, poet, and essayist, but it is his life-long artistic engagement with his home state of Maine that defines his career. This is the first book to look at the artist’s complex relationship with the Pine Tree State, providing a nuanced understanding of Hartley’s impress

“Marsden Hartley’s Maine, accompanying an exhibition at the Met Breuer, is as tantalizing for what it omits as for the insights it offers into Hartley’s creative intelligence…Besides examining in-depth both the early and late Maine periods, the present book includes a fine essay on materials and techniques, based on careful examination of a dozen works, which shows a surprising continuity in composition and methods across Hartley’s career.”—Christopher Lyon, Hyperallergic

L. Whaley said always returning to his home state to refresh his spirit and commune with the land he so loved. If you cannot get to the exhibit. Marsden Hartley has been getting much deserved attention by the art world in the recent past and Donna Cassidy is one of a handful of scholars who has taken on the monumental task of bringing him and his work to life. "Marsden Hartley's Maine" traces his life as he moves throughout the wo. Colorist said A very good gathering of a particular time in the career of. A very good gathering of a particular time in the career of the artist well illustrated. Even though the format seems a little too small, well worth having. The artist and his times are well presented as an overview with many illustrations to put these particular works in context. Another. Marsden Hartley's Maine Wonderful book. Nice images.