Mark Tobey
_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg)
1890 (Centerville - Wisconsin, USA) / 1976 (Bâle, Suisse)
Artist's gallery
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was an American abstract painter.
Having studied Chinese calligraphy and Zen painting, he developed from 1935 a meditative painting consisting of a swarming of signs.
Artist's gallery
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was an American abstract painter.
Having studied Chinese calligraphy and Zen painting, he developed from 1935 a meditative painting consisting of a swarming of signs.
artist_books
Mark Tobey - Tobey or not to be ?
"On the cobblestones of the streets and on the bark of the trees, I discovered entire universes. I know very little about what is generally called "abstract". For me, pure abstraction would be a painting in which one would find no affinity with life, something that is impossible for me. I have sought a "one" world in my paintings but to achieve it I have used as a swirling mass. I assume no defini ...