Mt. Katahdin (Maine), Autumn #2, 1939–40, Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 × 40 1/4 in. (76.8 × 102.2 cm), Paintings, Marsden Hartley (American, Lewiston, Maine 1877–1943 Ellsworth, Maine), Beginning in the mid-1930s, Hartley, a restless artist who had previously been associated with the European avant-garde, proclaimed himself to be the 'Painter from Maine.' Between 1939 and 1942, he created more than eighteen bold paintings of Maine’s highest peak, Mount Katahdin, a geological landmark that, as the northernmost terminus of the Appalachian Trail, resonated with both regional and national symbolism
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Mt, Katahdin, Maine, Autumn #2, 1939–40, Oil, canvas, 30 1/4, 40, 76.8, 102.2 cm, Paintings, Marsden Hartley, American, Lewiston, 1877–1943, Ellsworth, mid-1930s, Hartley, restless artist, previously, associated, European avant-garde, proclaimed, Painter, 1939, 1942, created, eighteen bold paintings, highest, peak, Mount Katahdin, geological landmark, northernmost terminus, Appalachian Trail, resonated, regional, national symbolism
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