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John Marin's (1870-1953) preferred subject was landscape: "Mountains streams trees and rocks are so sympathetic--damned if I find most humans so." Marin painted nature as an entity, giving it a fluid energy and a life of its own. He approached his subject with reverence: "First you make your bow to the Landscape. Then you wait and if and when the Landscape bows to you then and not until then Can [sic] you paint the Landscape."
Marin was one of the first American artists to produce abstract paintings, and is often credited with influencing the development of abstract expressionism. In 1947, he introduced his son and daughter-in-law to the Adirondacks where he and his wife spent their honeymoon 30 years earlier. Marin painted this view of the High Peaks region near Keene on the later trip.
Marin was one of the first American artists to produce abstract paintings, and is often credited with influencing the development of abstract expressionism. In 1947, he introduced his son and daughter-in-law to the Adirondacks where he and his wife spent their honeymoon 30 years earlier. Marin painted this view of the High Peaks region near Keene on the later trip.
Title:
Adirondacks, Near Owls Head
Artist:
Marin, John
Date:
1947
Catalog #:
2011.050.0001
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Adirondacks, Near Owls Head
Adirondacks, Near Owls Head