Lobster Fishermen, 1940?41, Oil on hardboard (masonite), 29 3/4 x 40 7/8in. (75. 6 x 103. 8cm), Paintings, Marsden Hartley (American, Lewiston, Maine 1877?1943 Ellsworth, Maine), In the mid-1930s, after many restless years of personal and artistic exploration, Hartley began to focus his art on his home state of Maine. Aware of Maine?s reputation as a natural oasis from city life and responsive to the popularity of folk art?including John Kane?s work, Hartley adopted a self-consciously 'primitive' style