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Mark Tobey

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1890-1976

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  1. Raissance of a Flower by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Raissance of a Flower, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    25.5 x 19.625 in (64.77 x 49.85 cm)

  2. Charte I by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Charte I, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    17.375 x 14.5 in (44.13 x 36.83 cm)

  3. Homage to Mourlot by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Homage to Mourlot, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    25.5 x 19.625 in (64.77 x 49.85 cm)

  4. October by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    October, 1971

    Color lithograph on paper

    18 x 27.375 in (45.72 x 69.53 cm)

  5. Mandarin and Flowers by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Mandarin and Flowers, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    29.75 x 39.75 in (75.57 x 100.97 cm)

  6. Morning Grass by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Morning Grass, 1975

    Etching on rice paper

    26.5 x 20 in (67.31 x 50.8 cm)

Mark Tobey studied at The Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a fashion illustrator for McCall’s magazine. He had his first solo exhibition in 1917 at M. Knoedler & Co., New York. After converting to the Baha’i World Faith, he began his lifelong traveling. Tobey moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish School of Allied Arts. In the following years, he traveled to Paris, the Middle East, and finally Devonshire, England. Tobey taught at Dartington Hall, while also traveling throughout Mexico, the United States, and Asia. Returning to Seattle in 1938, he studied music theory and had his first retrospective at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Tobey became part of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded a Guggenheim International Award. He won the City of Venice painting prize at the Venice Biennale and became the first American painter to have a solo show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Tobey is known for densely calligraphic paintings and prints. His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He passed away in Basel, Switzerland in 1976.