John Marin

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Alfred Stieglitz : John Marin (1922)
John Marin (right), Young American Artists of the Modern School , around 1911

John Marin (born December 23, 1870 in Rutherford , New Jersey , † October 2, 1953 in Addison , Maine ) was an American painter . Marin is considered one of the first abstract American artists, his main work are watercolors .

Life

Marin, whose mother died shortly after his birth, was raised by his aunts and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey . He attended the Stevens Institute of Technology for a year before studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1899 to 1901 and later at the Art Students League of New York . At a young age he had frequently changing jobs, but eventually gave up his idea of ​​working as an architect and devoted himself to painting. He was one of the first American artists to deal with abstract painting . After a few weeks at the Art Students League in New York in 1905, he went to Paris , where he met the photographer Edward Steichen , who passed his works on to Alfred Stieglitz . In 1909 Marin exhibited together with Alfred Henry Maurer in Stieglitz ' Galerie 291 , followed by a solo exhibition there in 1913; in the same year Marin also took part in the Armory Show . In 1936 another well-known exhibition followed in the Museum of Modern Art , where works are still to be found today. Further works are in over 50 museums in the United States alone such as u. a. the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the National Gallery of Art .

John Marin was very respected as an artist. Henry Miller devoted an entire chapter to him and his connection to Stieglitz in his book "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare", published in 1945. 1950 Marin got an award for his work from the University of Maine and the Yale University the Doctor of Fine Arts honorary awarded. The filmmaker Michael Maglaras published the documentary "John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!" In December 2009 .

Memberships

Marin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1942 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Time Magazine , 1962
  2. ^ Report in the New York Times, 2011
  3. ^ Documentation about the life and work of John Marin, at 217 Films
  4. ^ Members: John Marin. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved October 11, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Marin, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Rutherford, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1953
Place of death Addison , Maine