Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1877-01-04 - 1943-09-02
Marsden Hartley, an American modernist painter known for his depictions of the Maine coastline and fishermen, was born on 4 January 1877 in Lewiston Maine. After his family moved from Maine to Cleveland in 1892, Hartley studied art at the Cleveland School of Art (1893-1898), then the New York School of Art, and the National Academy of Design. Hartley moved to Berlin in 1913 and spent much of the next two decades in Europe before returning to the U.S. in 1930 and to Maine in 1937. Hartley died on 2 September 1943 in Ellsworth, Maine.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Maurice Sterne papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 39
Overview:
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, sketches, photographs, and papers relating to the life and career of painter-sculptor Maurice Sterne.
Dates:
1903-1963
Florine and Ettie Stettheimer papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 20
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, materials related to the production of Four Saints in Three Acts and the paintings of Florine Stettheimer, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1898-1974 (inclusive), bulk 1906-1953