biography of John MARIN (1870-1953)
Personal data
Birth : 12/23/1870 - Rutherford NJ New Jersey, United States
Death : 1953 - Maine, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Education
The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Stevens Institute of Technology (Architecture) – Hoboken NJ, United States
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
Pupil of / student of Thomas Pollock ANSHUTZ [ 1851-1912 ]
Pupil of / student of William Merritt CHASE [ 1849-1916 ]
1905 : Académie Julian – 31 rue du Dragon – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1911:Back to the USA
1910:Visited the Austrian Tyrol
1909:Met STIEGLITZ Alfred who became his chief promoter and gave him his first showing
1908:Met STEICHEN Edward Jean
1907 – 1908:Ttraveled to Rome, Florence, Venice, London, Amsterdam, Bruges, Antwerp, and Brussels
1905 – 1910:Lived and worked in Paris, France
Lived and worked in Cliffside NJ, USA
Lived and worked in Addison ME, USA
Other professions
1893 : Architect
Affiliated to an association
National Academy of Design – School of Fine Arts 5 East 89th Street – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil 
Print-Multiple : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Pencil - Watercolour Subject
marinenature
landscape
urbanism
Movements and styles
AbstractionAmerican Abstraction 1910-1960
American Modernists
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Richard York Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001 – 01/12/2002
1998
Retrospective
Richard York Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998
1954
Retrospective
National Institute of Arts and Letters – New York NY, United States
1954
1953
Retrospective
MFAH Museum of Fine Arts – Houston TX, United States
1953
1951
Retrospective
Munson-Williams Proctor Institute – Utica NY, United States
1951
1949
Retrospective
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
1949
1947
Retrospective
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
1947
1936
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1936
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1936
1922
Retrospective
Galerie Daniel – New York NY, United States
1922
1921
Retrospective
Galerie Daniel – New York NY, United States
1921
1910
Gallery 291 of Alfred Stieglitz – New York NY, United States
1910
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : DC Moore Gallery – 724 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Hirschl & Adler Modern – 21 East 70th Street, 2nd Floor – New York NY, United States
2001
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Gerald Peters Gallery – 24 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
1913
The Armory Show – International Fair of New Art
New York NY, United States
1913
1910
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1910
1909
Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Paris, France
1909
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1909
1907
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1907
Group exhibitions
2004
In the American Grain
Santa Barbara Museum of Art – Santa Barbara CA, United States
02/14/2004 – 05/09/2004
2002
Modern Views: American Landscape Painting from 1918-1940
James Graham & Sons – New York NY, United States
04/18/2002 – 06/01/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
04/12/2002 – 06/23/2002
A century of nature: American Painting 1855-1955
Richard York Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/04/2002 – 05/24/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
01/17/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 12/31/2001
1954
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1954
1953
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1953
1952
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1952
1951
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1951
1950
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1950
1949
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1949
1945
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1945
1934
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1934
1909
John Marin & Alfred Mauer
Gallery 291 of Alfred Stieglitz – New York NY, United States
1909
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1909
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 – 400 years of Artists in America
Publisher: Sound View Press – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
Director of publication: Falk Peter – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
1999
ISBN : 0932087558
Periodicals
2001
LANDI Ann – John Marin Richard York
in: ARTnews p. 116
New York NY, United States
12/2001
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