A Spiritual Quest in Paint: The Life and Art of Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley, born Edmund Hartley in Lewiston, Maine, on January 4, 1877, was a restless spirit deeply attuned to the profound possibilities within art. His early life unfolded against a backdrop of personal loss and displacement—orphaned young and thrust into factory work—leaving an indelible mark on his artistic vision, shaping a quiet intensity and a persistent search for meaning that would characterize much of his oeuvre. This formative period instilled in him a sensitivity to loneliness, a feeling he consistently explore…