Hall of the Mountain King

Artist Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943)

Dateca. 1908-1909

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 38 1/2 × 38 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.94

Accession number 2010.94

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ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz [1864-1946], New York, NY; to Estate of Alfred Stieglitz, 1946; to Erhard Weyhe [1883-1972], 1949, New York, NY; to Gertrude Weyhe Dennis [1915-2003] (his daughter), New York, NY; Private Collection; to (Sotheby's, Inc., New York, NY); purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextMarsden Hartley took a modern approach to landscape: he wasn’t interested in depicting nature with scientific precision or reproducing a scene with great accuracy. He wanted to convey the energy and power of the mountains by using a more abstract style. His thickly applied brushstrokes and bright palette of pinks, blues, yellows, oranges, and whites draw our attention to the paint itself. The format of the landscape is also inventive, as he chose a square composition rather than a conventional rectangular one.

Marsden Hartley abordó el tema paisajista de una forma moderna. El pintor no estaba interesado en hacer una representación de la naturaleza con exactitud científica, ni reproducir una escena con gran precisión, sino que deseaba transmitir la energía y el poder de las montañas usando un estilo más abstracto. Aplicó pinceladas gruesas, y una brillante paleta de colores rosados, azules, amarillos, anaranjados y blancos para dirigir nuestra atención a la pintura misma. El formato del paisaje también es innovador, pues utilizó una composición cuadrada en lugar de una rectangular.
Inscribedverso, on stretcher, in pencil: The Hall of the Mountain King