Mark Tobey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mark Tobey

American abstract expressionist painter

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1890

Place of Birth: Centerville, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1976

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Mark Tobey

  • Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American painter.
  • His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters.
  • His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe.
  • Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School.
  • Senior in age and experience, he had a strong influence on the others; friend and mentor, Tobey shared their interest in philosophy and Eastern religions.
  • Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • In 1921, Tobey founded the art department at The Cornish School in Seattle, Washington.Tobey was an incessant traveler, visiting Mexico, Europe, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, China and Japan.
  • After converting to the Bahá'í Faith, it became an important part of his life.
  • Whether Tobey's all-over paintings, marked by oriental brushwork and calligraphic strokes, were an influencer on Jackson Pollock's drip paintings has been left unanswered.
  • Born in Centerville, Wisconsin, Tobey lived in the Seattle, Washington area for most of his life before moving to Basel, Switzerland in the early 1960s with his companion, Pehr Hallsten; Tobey died there in 1976.

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