Maine Landscape
Artist
John Marin
(American, 1870 - 1953)
Date1922
MediumWatercolor and chalk on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 19 1/2 × 16 5/16 inches (49.53 × 41.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. N. Rosenberg
Object number46-13/2
Signedl.r.c.: Marin 22
On View
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Gallery LabelThe vibrant color and vital movement of Maine Landscape conveys the state’s untamed beauty. Marin spent his summers in Maine. These trips had a transformative impact on his watercolors, and their emotional quality deepened as he connected with his natural surroundings.
American artist Marsden Hartley described Marin’s watercolor process as “paper plus water, plus emotion.” By the 1920s, Marin’s deeply felt watercolors were admired by critics, collectors and his fellow artists. Among his friends was artist Gaston Lachaise, whose bust of Marin is on view nearby.
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