Mark Tobey
Mark Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American
abstract painter.
Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin. He studied art at the
Art Institute of Chicago before moving to New York in 1911. In 1922
Tobey moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish College of Allied
Arts. Tobey held his first solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum
in 1935.
Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, and Morris Graves, Tobey
was a founder of the Northwest School.
Mark Tobey's work can be found in most major museums in the US
and internationally, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York,
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American
Art.
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