“Modernism and Marsden Hartley” Barnet Scholars Lecture, September 13, 2024

PMA Chief Curator and the Susan Donnell and Harry W. Konkel Curator of European Art, Shalini Le Gall, moderates the 2024 Barnet Scholars Lecture, featuring a lively panel discussion about Maine artist Marsden Hartley (1877–1943), and celebrating the recent gift of four paintings by Hartley from the Alex Katz Foundation. Originally from Lewiston, Hartley was a key figure in American Modernism, and he traveled extensively through Europe, the US, and the Carribean before returning in his later years to work and live in Maine. Working in the same circles as artists such as Peggy Bacon, Georgia O’Keeffe, and John Marin, Hartley has a powerful legacy within Maine that continues to this day.

Panelist for this lecture include Donna M. Cassidy, Professor Emerita, American & New England Studies and Art History and the University of Southern Maine; Elizabeth Finch, head curator at the Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, ME); Randall Griffey, Head Curator at Smithsonian American Art Museum; and Gail R. Scott, Director and Lead Scholar for the Marsden Hartley Legacy Project.