Marsden Hartley memorial collection, 1904-1947, n.d.

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Marsden Hartley memorial collection, 1904-1947, n.d.

The collection includes originals and copies of Hartley's correspondence, poems, and essays compiled from a variety of sources. Correspondents include Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Tiemer, and Norma Berger, the artist's favorite niece. There are also published and unpublished poems in manuscript and typescript form, including Hartley's essay on Carl Sprinchorn, a close friend and fellow Maine artist.

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Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943

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Marsden Hartley, one of the early modernist painters and also a poet, was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1877. After his mother's death, he moved to Cleveland to live with his father and stepmother, attending the Cleveland Institute of Art. He then moved on to study at the New York School of Art, where he found inspiration in the works of the American transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Whitman. Among his other influences were Emily Dickison, his friend and contemporary Hart Crane, and Ger...

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Tiemer, Gertrude.

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Sprinchorn, Carl, 1887-1971

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Painter; Shin Pond, Me. and New York, N.Y. From the description of Carl Sprinchorn papers, 1887-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502508 Carl Sprinchorn was born in Sweden in 1883. He came to the United States at the age of 16. In 1911, he made his frist Maine woods painting. In 1913, he had four pictures in the Armory Show. He painted in New York and Maine from 1917 to 1921 and in Maine from 1937-1952 when he became ill. He died in Selkerk, N.Y. in 1971. F...

Berger, Norma G.

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Berger is the niece of the painter Marsden Hartley. From the description of Oral history interview with Norma G. Berger regarding Marsden Hartley, 1973 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227191216 Norma G. Berger is the niece of the painter Marsden Hartley. From the description of Oral history interview with Norma G. Berger regarding Marsden Hartley, 1973 June 28 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422875763 ...