about The Hartley Elegies: Berlin Series, KvF IV

Robert Indiana’s (American, 1928-2018), "Hartley Elegies" were a series of 18 paintings Indiana created from 1989-1994.

They were inspired by American artist Marsden Hartley’s War Motif series, which was dedicated to a young WWI German soldier Karl von Freyburg that Hartley had a friendship with until he perished in the war. Indiana weaves in his own heritage with different cities that hold meaning to him. Vinalhaven was his longtime home in Maine.