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The Painter from Maine
Marsden Hartley in Literary and Artistic Context
Special Collections houses Colby’s rare books and manuscript collections as well as the college archives. Drawing on these rich collections, the exhibit highlights Hartley’s own literary work as a lesser-known aspect of his creative career, as well as letters, manuscripts, and published works by some of the Maine writers Hartley knew and read.
Artwork out of the Museum
Winslow Homer and Prouts Neck
When I was able to put Homer’s work in context, not only out of the museum but off the pedestal of “genius” that often surrounds great artists, I found myself thinking about his paintings differently. I was able to see improvisation, movement, and creativity that I hadn’t noticed before.
A Map of Hartley’s Maine
A map of the places where Marsden Hartley lived and worked in the Pine Tree State.