Print
Artist
Tobey, Mark
Title
Print
Description
A serigraphic print using browns , reds and oranges depicting a circular shape .
Biographical Notes
Mark Tobey was born in Centerville , WI in 1890 . Beginning his career as an illustrator , Mark Tobey was a deeply religious man , converting to the universalist Baha'i faith in 1918 , which would in some way influence all of his works . After extensive traveling , including a period of time at a Zen monastery in Japan , Tobey taught art and philosophy at Dartington Hall in England until 1937 . He then developed his "white writing " technique , painting white cursive writing on dark canvas , a technique which he (and many other Northwest artists) would use extensively until his death . He was one of the four painters LIFE magazine described as "Northwest Mystics ". The others were Guy Anderson , Morris Graves and Kenneth Callahan . He died in 1976 in Basel , Switzerland .
Date
1961
Decade
1960-1969
Subjects (LCSH)
Arts, American -- Northwest, Pacific -- 20th century. Tobey, Mark Northwest School of artists. Lithography. Forms (Shapes). Abstract expressionism.
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph
Image Measurements
21 x 29 3/4 inches
Artwork Type
Prints
Identifier
spl_art_T552Pr
File Format
image/jp2
Digitization Specifications
67,389,616 bytes (working master file). Image capture by IO Color using a 25 mp camera (Sony A900 DSLR). Resized using Adobe Photoshop CS to 4000 pixels along the long dimension.
Contributing Institution
The Seattle Public Library
Collection
The Seattle Public Library Northwest Art Collection
Rights and Reproduction Information
For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Source
uncat
Local Type
Artworks
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