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Article: The artist in a new light; Painter Marsden Hartley had what it takes to be a big art star: talent, style, connections and tragic love affairs. And, 54 years after his death, he finally is one - at least, at the Weisman Art Museum, which is spotlighting its major trove of Hartley works in a new show.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 7, 1997
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Aside from the fact that he's been dead for 54 years, Maine painter Marsden Hartley has most of the qualities needed to be a contemporary art star: sensitive looks, a dandy's style, trend-setting friends, a well-connected dealer. More important, he was talented, gay and bruised by tragic love affairs.
Many a contemporary hotshot has milked international fame from lesser attributes.
A protege of New York art dealer Alfred Stieglitz and a member of writer Gertrude Stein's arty circle in Paris, Hartley (1877-1943) has long occupied a modest but secure niche in American art. Now the spotlight of reappraisal is falling on him, thanks to the University of ...