Lobster Fishermen, 1940–41, Oil on hardboard (masonite), 29 3/4 x 40 7/8in. (75.6 x 103.8cm), Paintings, Marsden Hartley (American, Lewiston, Maine 1877–1943 Ellsworth, Maine), In the mid-1930s, after many restless years of personal and artistic exploration, Hartley began to focus his art on his home state of Maine. Aware of Maine’s reputation as a natural oasis from city life and responsive to the popularity of folk art—including John Kane’s work, Hartley adopted a self-consciously 'primitive' style
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