The Art Institute’s “accessible, gorgeous, and challenging” John Marin show delivers all the trappings you’d expect from an earnest tribute to a talented painter, said Laura M. Browning in ...

John Marin is considered one of the outstanding watercolorists of the 20th century, a pioneering modernist who joined no "school" but made innovative work that not only captivated but influenced ...

"Two thousand five hundred copies of this catalog were printed for the Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art by the Spiral Press, New York."--Colophon. John Marin / by Henry McBride -- As to John Marin ...

John Marin’s watercolors are so atmospheric that if you have only seen them online or even in a book, they might seem a bit insubstantial, lacking in punch. But thanks to two years of work, both in ...

Additional Photos Norma B. Marin, John Marin’s daughter-in-law and the steward of the artist’s estate, forged a partnership with the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, above. Her gift of nearly 300 ...

A blotch of blood red in the background, geometric buildings that are erect yet unruly, smears of yellow and blue split by thick black lines—this is a picture of New York rendered by the imaginative ...

George Daniell photographed John Marin in 1952; gelatin silver print John Marin (1870-1953) Movement: Grey and Blue, 1952 Oil on canvas FORT WORTH — In the 1940s, John Marin was one of the most ...

16.5 x 19.12 in. (41.9 x 48.6 cm.) Chicago, The Main Street Galleries, exhibited as part of the Waddington Galleries, London, exhibition John Marin, Retrospective Exhibition of Watercolors, October 3 ...

In 1915, artist John Marin purchased an island off the coast of Maine. The island had no running water, and his time there could be arduous. But ease wasn’t the point. “He doesn’t live on the island,” ...

14.25 x 16.5 in. (36.2 x 41.9 cm.) Using bold dark areas of blue and gray to show the sheer force of the water and rocky cliffs while utilizing soft, blurring paint around the edges to bring into play ...