biografia di Mark TOBEY (1890-1976)
Personal data
Birth : 1890 - Centerville WI Wisconsin, United States
Death : 1976 - Basel BS, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – 111 South Wabash Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1960:Lives and works in Basel, Switzerland
1938 – 1960:Lives and works in Seattle WA, USA
1934:Travels to China and Japan, studies calligraphy
1931:Travels to Mexico
1923 – 1924:Studies with Teng Kwei, Seattle WA, USA
1911 – 1922:Lives and works in New York NY, USA
1910 – 1912:Fashion drawings
Prizes
1961
1961 : Carnegie Prize , First Prize Painting – Pittsburgh PA, United States
Context: Carnegie International (1961)
1958
1958 : Biennale di Venezia , Painting Prize – Venice VE, Italy
Context: 29° Biennale di Venezia (1958)
Other professions
Illustrator
Musician
Poet
1922 : Professor
Cornish School of Fine Art – Seattle WA, United States
1930 : Professor
Dartington College of Art – Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media - Oil - Tempera 
Print-Multiple : Aquatint - Lithograph - Monotype 
Sculpture-Volume : Sculpture, glass 
Drawing-Watercolor : Calligraph - Charcoal - Gouache - Indian ink - Ink - Watercolour Subject
landscapeportrait
Movements and styles
AbstractionAmerican Modernists
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Works 1952-1972
Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker – Basel BS, Switzerland
05/06/2006 – 06/24/2006
1997
Musée Hébert – La Tronche, France
1997
1971
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
1971
1962
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1962
1961
Rétrospective
Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris, France
1961
1955
Galerie Jeanne Bucher – Paris, France
1955
1954
Retrospective
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1954
1951
Retrospective
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1951
1945
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1945
1944
Willard Gallery – New York NY, United States
1944
1942
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
1942
1935
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
1935
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker – Gemsberg 8 – Basel BS, Switzerland
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Achim Moeller Fine Art – 167 East 73rd Street – New York NY, United States
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Baukunst Galerie – Theodor Heuss Ring 7 – Cologne, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker – Gemsberg 8 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Art Forum Ute Barth – Kartausstrasse 8 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Achim Moeller Fine Art – 167 East 73rd Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker – Gemsberg 8 – Basel BS, Switzerland
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker – Gemsberg 8 – Basel BS, Switzerland
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Hachmeister Galerie – Klosterstrasse 12 – Münster in Westfalen, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Baukunst Galerie – Theodor Heuss Ring 7 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2004
Feininger /Tobey: The Complete Correspondence
New York NY, United States
10/12/2004 – 11/24/2004
2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
04/12/2002 – 06/23/2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, John Cage
Kunsthalle Bremen – Bremen, Germany
02/10/2002 – 05/05/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
01/17/2002 – 03/31/2002
Mark Tobey and the Northwest Mystics
Foster/White Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
01/03/2002 – 02/03/2002
2001
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 12/31/2001
1963
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1963
1958
29° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1958
1953
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1953
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
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