#johnmarin

Movement: Boats and Objects, Blue Gray Sea, John Marin, 1947, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

In late compositions such as Movement: Boats and Objects, Blue Gray Sea, John Marin used oil paint as thinly as he did watercolor, the medium for which he is best known. This work likely depicts the Maine coast, where Marin summered and painted throughout his career, exploring how best to express movement and spontaneity in paint. The artist practiced architecture before becoming a painter, and late in life he returned to three-dimensional design, creating painted frames that complement his pictures. Marin had a close relationship with Alfred Stieglitz, who supported him financially and critically from 1910 on and helped him become one of the most successful American Modernists. Alfred Stieglitz Collection; Robert A. Waller Fund Size: 73.7 × 92.1 cm (29 × 36 1/4 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

St. Paul's Against the El, John Marin, 1930, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Size: plate: 9 5/8 x 6 13/16" (24.5 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 15 x 11 1/8" (38.1 x 28.3 cm) Medium: Etching

Brooklyn Bridge, John Marin, 1913, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

Size: Sheet: 14 x 11 1/8 in. (35.6 x 28.3 cm) Image: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm) Medium: Drypoint and etching on wove paper

Woolworth Building No. 2, John Marin, 1913, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Size: plate: 12 13/16 x 10 7/16" (32.5 x 26.5 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 11/16" (41.5 x 32.3 cm) Medium: Etching and drypoint

Pine Tree, John Marin, 1917, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

There is a faint charcoal sketch on verso. Size: Sheet: 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. (49.2 x 41.6 cm) Frame: 30 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. (76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm) Medium: Watercolor and charcoal on cream, thick, rough textured wove paper

Portal of St. Mark's, Venice, John Marin, 1907, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Size: plate: 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.7 x 17 cm); sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 1/8" (26.8 x 20.6 cm) Medium: Etching