Artwork Title: Land and Development of New England

Land and Development of New England, 1935

Marguerite Zorach

...this painting explores similar themes of industry and agriculture, showing how New England was built from farming, fishing, lumber and water power. Note the male figure’s plaid flannel shirt and distinctive boots. L.L. Bean started making its iconic Maine Hunting Shoe in 1911. “Land and Development of New England,” while not specifically related to an individual mural, is typical of her work in this vein. She retained her long-familiar interests in nature and family while exploring agriculture and industry. New in these works is a kind of emerging Regionalist aesthetic, an interest in local and folk traditions and in the lives of so-called common people, rather than the mythologized bohemians and plutocrats that appeared in her earlier work. As always, the interests of her professional life and her domestic life intertwined. Around this time she also began filling her Maine home with hooked rugs... [https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/marguerite-zorach-an-art-filled-life/]
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