Reginald Marsh

(American, 1898–1954)

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Reginald Marsh

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Biography

Timeline

1898
Born: in Paris, France
1920 - 1921
Enrolled in the John Sloan’s evening drawing class at the Art Students League, New York, NY
1920
Graduated from Yale School of Fine Art, New Haven, CT
1922 - 1925
Illustrator for the New York Daily News, New York, NY
1922
Studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller, George Bridgman, and George Luks at the Art Students League, New York, NY
1925 - 1931
Joined and contributed to the New Yorker freqently, New York, NY
1934 - 1954
Instructor, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Instructor, Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry, Philadelphia, PA
Awarded the Gold Medal for Graphic Arts of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Died: in Dorset, VT

Exhibitions

2009
New York: Then and Now, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Humanity: 100 Years of Figurative Art, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2008
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954): Urban Realist, Master of Many Media, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc, New York, NY (solo)
2006
Reginald Marsh, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Burchfield and Marsh: Exaggerated Visions, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2003
New York City Drawings, Seraphin Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Selection of 19th and 20th century American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2002
Reginald Marsh Prints: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Reginald Marsh, New York Views, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1998
Reginald Marsh 'Centennial Celebration, 1898-1954', ACA Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1997
Reginald Marsh, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1972
Reginald Marsh: A Retrospective Exhibition, Newport Beach, CA; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (solo)
1957
70 Photographers Look at New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1955
Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)

Public Collections

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Literature

1983
Reginald Marsh’s New York: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs. New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art; Dover Publications, 1983 (catalogue)
1976
Sasowsky, Norman. The prints of Reginald Marsh : an essay and definitive catalog of his linoleum cuts, etchings, engravings, and lithographs. New York, NY: C.N. Potter, 1976