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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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The Might of John Marin;At the National Gallery, His Small, Vast Watercolors
; ...crinkly pictures painted by John Marin (1870-1953). Improvising freely...contemporaries wondered if Marin might not be one of the immortals...were his markings. "Is this Marin one of the far-sought, important...Grosz, Charles Burchfield and Marin were among the painters named...select the ... Read more
Eye of the beholder ; A fiercely independent modernist at a time when realism dominated the artistic landscape, painter John Marin found in Maine his muse.
; ...dominated the artistic landscape, painter John Marin found in Maine his muse. Byline...Edition: FINAL Section: Audience Memo: `JOHN MARIN'S MAINE' When: Through Jan. 17 Where...Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. John Marin is back in vogue. Thanks to a new... Read more
John Marin Show: Better Late
; ...to hear that the National Gallery of Art's John Marin exhibit, scheduled to open last week, has...Marins, which were donated by the artist's son, John Marin Jr., in 1986. However, when the younger Marin died four months ago, his will included more... Read more
Notable organist to perform in Machias Concert at church to honor John Marin
; ...30 p.m. Dimmock will play the John Marin Memorial Concert, in honor of...the director of music at St. John's Church in Ross, Calif., in Marin County, across the San Francisco...afterward will feature an exhibit of John Marin's paintings, plus the opportunity... Read more
The making of an American Talib The friends and family of John Walker talk to OLGA CRAIG and OLIVER POOLE in Marin County about how the shy Californian schoolboy turned himself into Abdul Hamid, the Muslim warrior who now faces a possible trial for treason
; ...Taliban fighter, it was to become clear, was in fact John Philip Walker Lindh from Marin County, California. To his countrymen, unified by...jihad. But for Frank Lindh, his father, the news of John's whereabouts must have been less surprising. In... Read more
By Deer Isle: thinking of John Marin. (poem)
; The essential thing of it I do not think we can describe too well or need to. But the view he would look at, the diminishing islands, the town risen from the sea each morning And there the slant waters to be pulled always to difference by the paint, the brush an uncorrupted intelligence Inventing Read more
1ST-DEGREE CONVICTION IN WIFE KILLING CONVICTION MEANS LIFE TERM FOR MARIN-GARCIA.(LOCAL)
; ...etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134 Julio Marin-Garcia, who went to his murder trial...conviction on a lesser charge. Members of Marin-Garcia's family clung together and wept as Dane County Circuit Judge John Markson read the verdict, which will send Marin-Garcia to prison to serve a mandatory life ... Read more
U.S. Treasurer Marin is resigning
; WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin announced her resignation Thursday amid speculation she was...challenge California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer next year. Marin, the highest-ranking Latin American woman in the Bush administration...family and I have decided to go back home to California," Marin ... Read more
Marin pulls a coup in adding Callaway
; John Callaway, the dean of broadcast journalists...hitching his formidable star to Carol Marin's wagon. Eight months after he stepped...WBBM-Channel 2's 10 p.m. newscast with Marin at the helm. She debuts Feb. 7. The...personal endorsement and participation in Marin's venture cannot be ... Read more
ATR to Host Bilingual Taxpayer Rally; Treasurer of the U.S. Marin to Speak in English and Spanish on Need for Tax Relief, Reform
; News Advisory: Rosario Marin, the Treasurer of the United...Capital Management Chairman John Rutledge, and a broad coalition...for fundamental tax reform. Marin immigrated to the United States...Senior Managing Director -- John Rutledge, Chairman of Rutledge... Read more

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