Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943) was an American painter in the early 20th century. Hartley was born in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He began his art training at the Cleveland Art Institute after moving to Cleveland, Ohio in 1892. At the age of 22, he moved to New York City where he attended the National Academy of Design and studied painting with William Merritt Chase. While in New York, he came to the attention of Alfred Stieglitz and became associated with Stieglitz' Gallery 291 Group. His painting Portrait of a German Officer ^* (1914), was an ode to Karl von Freyburg, a Prussian lieutenant with whom he became enamored before his death in World War I.

Marsden Hartley was a nomadic painter for much of his life, but after spending several years in Europe, he returned to his hometown in Maine. He wanted to become "the painter of Maine" and depict American life at a local level. In this way, he is a member of the regionalists, a group of artists from the early 20th century that attempted to represent a distinctly "American Art"

External Links

• Scans of Hartley's Adventures in the arts: informal chapters on painters, vaudeville and poets
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Marsden Hartley
  
• Marsden Hartley - The National Gallery of Art
• Marsden Hartley: American Modern - Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
• Marsden Hartley Biography: Hollis Taggart Galleries

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