About Brice Marden

  • Biography

    Born in Bronxville, New York, Brice Marden became a Minimalist painter of monochromatic appearing, non-objective canvases.

    He did undergraduate study at Boston University, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University and then moved to New York City in 1963 where, within a decade, he had achieved international recognition. Before he was able to support himself financially with his artwork, he worked as a guard at the Jewish Museum and in 1966 as a studio assistant to Robert Rauschenberg.

    In 2001, he established a studio and townhouse home in Greenwich Village. Although he considers New York City his base, he also has established studios from which he regularly works in Eagles Mere, Penns...

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