Oil painting -> List of Painters -> John Marin

Early days:

   John Marin (December 23, 1870 - October 2, 1953) born in Rutherford, New Jersey, was an early American modernist artist.  He was known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors.

   John Marin grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, and attended the Stevens Institute of Technology for a year. His experience with architecture might have contributed to the role played by architectural themes in his paintings and watercolors.

Personal Details Name John Marin Place of birth Rutherford, New Jersey Date of Birth December 23, 1870 Date of Death October 1, 1953 (aged 82) Nationality American Field Modern art Training Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Career:

   From 1899 to 1901, Marin attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz and William Merritt Chase. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1905 like many American artists Marin went to Europe, initially to Paris. He traveled through Europe for six years. Marin painted in Holland, Belgium, England, and Italy. In Europe he mastered a type of watercolor where he achieved an abstract ambience, almost a pure abstraction with color that ranges from transparency to translucency, accompanied by strong opacities, and linear elements, always with a sense of freedom, which became one of his trademarks.

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