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1870 Rutherford, New Jersey - 1953 Cape Split, Maine. Known for: Painting-modernist landscape-coastal, etching.
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived... Read full biography
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents... Read full biography
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents Marin was to know; it has been suggested that his father seems to have ignored him. As a child of seven or eight Marin began to sketch and when he was a teenager he had completed his earliest... Read full biography
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents Marin was to know; it has been suggested that his father seems to have ignored him. As a child of seven or eight Marin began to sketch and when he was a teenager he had completed his earliest watercolors. His education in the schools of New Jersey was interspersed with summers of hunting, fishing and sketching; he traveled in the Catskills, and as far away as Wisconsin and Minnesota. But formal training was almost incidental to his development as... Read full biography
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents Marin was to know; it has been suggested that his father seems to have ignored him. As a child of seven or eight Marin began to sketch and when he was a teenager he had completed his earliest watercolors. His education in the schools of New Jersey was interspersed with summers of hunting, fishing and sketching; he traveled in the Catskills, and as far away as Wisconsin and Minnesota. But formal training was almost incidental to his development as an artist. He is to America what Paul Cezanne was to France - an innovator who helped to oppose the influence of the narrative pai... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Drybrush Painting
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Mythology, Legends
- •New York City
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Europe
- •Long Island, New York
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Venice, Italy
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •Academie Delacluse, Paris, Student
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- •Gerald Peters Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •John & Dolores Beck Collection
- •Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
- •Preston Morton Collection
- •Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
Added Description
- •Pastel Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Watercolor Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Santa Fe Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
- •Little Galleries of Photo Secession 291, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts