Marsden Hartley: The First Great American Modernist Painter | Louisiana Channel

“He knows the world is full of variety.” Seven acclaimed painters – David Hockney, Dana Schutz, Sam McKinniss, Tal R, Shara Hughes, David Salle and Mamma Andersson – offer their thoughts on “America’s first great modern painter of the 20th century,” Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). The painters talk about their initial fascination with Hartley, his personality, his contemporary times, his landscapes, male attraction, style and legacy. “I think painting for him was a struggle.

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