Marsden Hartley · 1914
Portrait of a German Officer
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Hartley's elegy for his Prussian lover Karl von Freyburg, killed in the first months of World War I — military insignia, the Iron Cross, regimental flags assembled like a sacred shield. The Met's most secret-coded American Modern.
Up to 10 × 16 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Portrait of a German Officer
Portrait of a German Officer is an early 20th century portrait by American modernist painter Marsden Hartley. Done in oil on canvas, the portrait depicts the abstract figure of an Imperial German officer as being composed entirely of military decorations and badges of rank. The painting is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley developed his painting abilities by observing Cubist artists in Paris and Berlin.
All Marsden Hartley prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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