{"title":"Marin, John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Marin (1870–1953)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American modernist painter and printmaker best known for his expressive watercolours of New York City and the coast of Maine. His pictures combine recognisable subjects with energetic brushwork, angular forms and a strong sense of movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, on 23 December 1870 and grew up in nearby Weehawken. Before becoming an artist, he studied at the Stevens Institute of Technology and worked as an architectural draughtsman. He subsequently attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where his teachers included \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anshutz-thomas\"\u003eThomas Anshutz\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chase-william-merritt\"\u003eWilliam Merritt Chase\u003c\/a\u003e, followed by the Art Students League in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1905 he travelled to Europe, spending much of the next six years in Paris and visiting other cities. During this period, he produced etchings of European architecture influenced by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/whistler-james-mcneill\"\u003eJames McNeill Whistler\u003c\/a\u003e and became interested in the painting of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cezanne-paul\"\u003ePaul Cézanne\u003c\/a\u003e, Fauvism and Cubism. His work gradually moved away from descriptive detail towards a freer interpretation of what he saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz began exhibiting Marin’s work in New York in 1909. Their long association helped establish Marin as an important figure in American modern art. Through Stieglitz’s circle, he was connected with artists including \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/dove-arthur\"\u003eArthur Dove\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hartley-marsden\"\u003eMarsden Hartley\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter returning permanently to the United States in 1911, Marin developed a distinctive way of depicting the changing city. Watercolours of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Woolworth Building and the streets of lower Manhattan use slanting lines and broken areas of colour to suggest the rhythm and pressure of urban life. He exhibited at the influential Armory Show in 1913.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarin first spent a summer in Maine in 1914, and the rocky shoreline, harbours, islands and shifting weather became central subjects for the rest of his career. He returned regularly, working in both watercolour and oil. His rapid marks and simplified forms sought to convey the movement of sea and sky rather than reproduce every visible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA retrospective of Marin’s work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1936. Although his approach sometimes bordered on abstraction, he continued to work from observed places and natural forms. He died at Cape Split, Maine, in October 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"marin-john-1870-1953-brooklyn-bridge-1928","title":"Marin, John (1870-1953) - Brooklyn Bridge 1928","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by American Modernist painter John Marin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5088 pixels wide by 4376 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/marin-john?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=john+marin\u0026amp;_psid=4be5600e0\u0026amp;_ss=e\" title=\"John Marin\"\u003eJohn Marin\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64319798870346,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Marin_John_1870-1953_-BrooklynBridge1928_main.jpg?v=1794321703"},{"product_id":"marin-john-1870-1953-dance-of-the-santo-domingo-indians-1929","title":"Marin, John (1870-1953) - Dance of the Santo Domingo Indians 1929","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by American Modernist painter John Marin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4920 pixels wide by 3486 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/marin-john?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=john+marin\u0026amp;_psid=4be5600e0\u0026amp;_ss=e\" title=\"John Marin\"\u003eJohn Marin\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64320150208842,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Marin_John_1870-1953_-DanceoftheSantoDomingoIndians1929_main.jpg?v=1794322016"},{"product_id":"marin-john-1870-1953-storm-over-taos-1930","title":"Marin, John (1870-1953) - Storm over Taos 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by American Modernist painter John Marin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4780 pixels wide by 3415 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/marin-john?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=john+marin\u0026amp;_psid=4be5600e0\u0026amp;_ss=e\" title=\"John Marin\"\u003eJohn Marin\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64320405078346,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Marin_John_1870-1953_-StormoverTaos1930_main.jpg?v=1794322367"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Marin_John_1870-1953.jpg?v=1794320494","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/marin-john.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}