Quiet One
Artist: Mark Tobey (American, 1890-1976)
Date: 1950
Dimensions:
H: 44 in. (111.9 cm); W: 28 in. (71.1 cm)
Medium: Oil on paper board
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1952.128
Label Text:"An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms."
—Mark Tobey
Though Mark Tobey is best known for his abstract compositions that resemble calligraphic writing, he also continued to paint the figure at a time—the mid-20th century—when the pure abstraction of the Abstract Expressionists was the dominant force in the American art world. Based in Seattle, where he had lived since 1923, Tobey was also physically removed from the center of Abstract Expressionism, New York City. He did, however, have important exhibitions in New York, including a retrospective at the Willard Gallery in 1951, which featured Quiet One.
—Mark Tobey
Though Mark Tobey is best known for his abstract compositions that resemble calligraphic writing, he also continued to paint the figure at a time—the mid-20th century—when the pure abstraction of the Abstract Expressionists was the dominant force in the American art world. Based in Seattle, where he had lived since 1923, Tobey was also physically removed from the center of Abstract Expressionism, New York City. He did, however, have important exhibitions in New York, including a retrospective at the Willard Gallery in 1951, which featured Quiet One.
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