Marsden Hartley – Elsa Copenhagen (1916)

Louisiana Poster with the work, Elsa Kobenhavn, (1916) by the American artist, Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Although Marsden Hartley has been called "America's first great modern painter of the 20th century", his original work has long been overlooked. In 2019, Louisiana presented him at the first retrospective exhibition in Europe in over 60 years – an exhibition that was an eye-opener for most.

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Marsden Hartley was both a painter and a poet, and spent much of his life as a nomad between Europe and the United States. Although he was almost always on the move, he never came to Copenhagen. The painting here is a geometrically inspired depiction of a Danish ship at anchor in Boston harbor.

Hartley's many travels resulted in a series of deeply original groups of works from 1906 to 1943 - works that can be seen as a bridge between European and American modernism.

Among the works are abstract paintings based on military symbols from the horrors of World War I, almost surreal landscapes from New Mexico, and feminized figure paintings of muscular workers.

Marsden Hartley was centrally placed in the art world both in Europe and at home. Nevertheless, Hartley's art has been largely unknown - perhaps because of the multifaceted nature of his work, which has made it difficult to place him in art history.

The Louisiana exhibition was one of the largest presentations of Marsden Hartley's art. With over 110 paintings, the exhibition encompassed the artist's entire oeuvre, including his work as a poet and essayist.

Dimensions: W: 42 x H: 59.4 cm (A2)

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Frame width: 12 mm
Material: Frame in solid oak and with high-quality acrylic glass.