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John Marin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Marin , 1870-1953, American landscape painter, b. Rutherford, N.J. After a year at Stevens Institute of Technology, he worked for four years as an architectural draftsman. At 28 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in 1905 went abroad, where he painted and etched and lived precariously for several years. In 1909 his work was exhibited at Stieglitz's gallery in New York City. He was quickly recognized as a leading American watercolorist. Marin painted scenes of New York, Taos, and particularly Maine seascapes, which he rendered with a few powerful zigzag strokes, often... Read more
Marin, John
Marin, John (1870–1953). American painter and printmaker. From 1905 to 1910 he lived in Europe, mainly Paris, where he was influenced...became more important in his work from the 1930s) are often similar in effect to watercolours, leaving parts of the canvas bare. Marin also made etchings, especially ... Read more
John Marin III
John Marin III Remembered primarily as a watercolorist, the American painter John Marin III (1870-1953) emphasized the rhythmic structure of natural forms through abstraction. John Marin was born on Dec. 23, 1870, in Rutherford... Read more

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