Blueberry Highway, Dogtown
American Art

Blueberry Highway, Dogtown
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Marsden Hartley
American, 1877–1943
American, 1877–1943
Date
1931
Medium
Oil on composition board
Accession #
1977.49
Dimensions
18 1/4 x 24 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 301
Description
Enticed by the harsh and lonely landscape of Dogtown, Massachusetts, Marsden Hartley described this long-abandoned settlement from the late 1600s as a cross between Easter Island and Stonehenge. A leading practitioner of American modernism, Hartley created some of the most exceptionally powerful modernist expressions by any American artist. He was introduced to photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz in 1909—a meeting that would change his life and place him firmly within progressive art circles of the time.