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Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

American, 1898-1954

Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, France, in 1898. His family returned to the U.S. in 1900, settling in New Jersey. The Marsh family moved to New Rochelle, New York, in 1914, where Reginald attended the Riverview Military Academy until 1915. Marsh spent his senior year at the Lawrenceville School where he drew for the school's annual. Marsh then attended Yale School of Art in 1916–20 where he became the star illustrator for The Yale Record and, later, its art editor. In his newspaper work Marsh exhibited a graphic skill and a gift for pictorial humor.

On graduating from Yale in 1920, Marsh moved to New York City where he supported himself as a freelance illustrator for newspapers and magazines, such as Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar. In 1922, Marsh became a staff artist for The Daily News, first drawing city life and then a column of vaudeville illustrations. When The New Yorker began in 1925, Marsh became a staff member, contributing through 1931. These illustration jobs provided Marsh with a good income and a great amount of free time, which allowed him to study painting at the Art Students League on and off through the 1920s with Kenneth Hayes Miller, John Sloan and George Luks. When Marsh began to paint in earnest in 1923, he joined the Whitney Studio Club, where he had one-man exhibitions in 1924 and 1928.

In the early 1920s Marsh made his first trip to Coney Island on a project for Vanity Fair. He was instantly drawn to the raucous environment of extremes, capturing the boardwalks, beaches and sideshows in his sketchbooks. Marsh often remained in New York for the summer to spend time at Coney Island. The rest of the year Marsh painted industrial subjects. He also enjoyed recording the physical and social life of a newly commercialized city, focusing on taxi-dance halls, burlesque, Coney Island, subways and the Bowery.

In 1929 Marsh took a studio near Union Square in New York where he remained for most of his life, roaming the streets with his sketchbook. The same sketches he worked up for his newspaper and magazine illustrations found their way into his paintings.

The 1930s and 1940s were very successful for Marsh. He exhibited in most of the annual exhibitions of contemporary American art at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1924–54), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1932–57), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1932–52), the Art Institute of Chicago (1928–49) and the National Academy of Design (1927–49). He also had many one-man exhibitions at the Frank K. Rehn Galleries in New York.

Marsh began teaching at the Art Students League in 1935 where he soon became one of the most popular teachers. In the spring of 1954, Marsh was chosen to receive the gold medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, an extremely high award in the American cultural world.

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Artist: Reginald Marsh
Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925
Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925

Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh, 1898 – 1954 Monseigneur News Theatre, 1925 Signed and dated at lower right: 'Reginald Marsh 1925' Watercolor on card 8 x 11 inches Born in Paris to parents who were American artists, Reginald Marsh became an adept illustrator at an early age. His family returned to the United States in 1900. Upon graduating from Yale University, Marsh moved to New York and in 1922 took a job as an illustrator at the New York Daily News. For the paper he provided cartoons of vaudeville and burlesque shows. In 1925 Marsh went to work for a new magazine -- The New Yorker -- as one of its original cartoonists. That same year he married Betty Burroughs, daughter of the paintings curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later that year they traveled to Europe where Marsh discovered the work of the old masters at the Louvre in Paris and British museums. With a sketchbook always on hand, he wandered the streets of Europe and began depicting bums or what he called figures of failure. Upon the couple’s return, Marsh, now with a serious interest in pursuing art, enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied under George Luks, John Sloan, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. This work, Monseigneur News Theatre, is accompanied by a letter from Marsh Scholar Professor Norman Sasowsky, University of Delaware...

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1920s Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Water Sports - Coney Island   Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
Water Sports - Coney Island   Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers

Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Miami, FL

Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls. The beauti...

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1940s Realist Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, India Ink

Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern

Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Brooklyn Bridge, 1940, Signed and dated Reginald Marsh May 1940 (lr), Watercolor over traces of pencil on paper , 15 x 22 inches sight. Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, France in 1898, the child of artist parents. He was born over a small cafe on Paris' Left Bank. He was brought to the United States in 1900 and was drawing before he was three. He studied art at Yale University and the Art Students League, during which time he worked primarily as an illustrator for New York newspapers and magazines. After studying in Paris in 1925 and 1926, he turned seriously to painting. In 1929 he was introduced to the egg-tempera medium, which he used extensively the rest of his life. Marsh's gusto for painting the bottom crust of society contrasted curiously with his background. His parents, both well-known artists, were steeped in academic traditions. He attended Lawrenceville Academy and Yale; perhaps this elite background made it possible to paint the earthy people he did with a journalist's objectivity. An admirer of Rubens and Delacroix, he disliked modernist art; indeed, his lifelong preoccupation was with people - enjoying themselves at beaches, at amusement parks, or on crowded city streets. Marsh was a second-generation Ash Can School painter and printmaker, best known as an urban regionalist. He spent his days sketching in small notebooks...

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1940s American Modern Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Chicken Ride
Chicken Ride

Chicken Ride

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Chicken Ride Pen and ink on paper, c. 1940 Unsigned Annotated by the artist with his color intentions Preliminary study for "Chicken Ride," watercolor, 1940, in the collection of Mr...

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1940s American Modern Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks
"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks

"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4 x 20 inches Housed in a Lowy frame. Provenance: Sotheby'...

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1930s Modern Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island
Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island

Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Miami, FL

Historically, academic artists have always featured the central figures in their composition in a prominent light with the background figures being darker. In water sports...

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1940s Realist Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism

"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x 14 inches. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1938. Signed...

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1930s American Modern Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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ACROBATS
ACROBATS

ACROBATS

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Portland, ME

Marsh, Reginald. ACROBATS. Ink, gouache, and pastel on paper, 1922. Signed, lower right. c. 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; framed to 28 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches. In excellent condition.

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1920s Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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The Cannonball, Impressionist Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh
The Cannonball, Impressionist Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh

The Cannonball, Impressionist Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Reginald Marsh, American (1898 - 1954) Title: The "Cannonball" Year: 1936 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled, and dated l.r. Size: 16.5 in. x 22.5 in. (41.91 cm x 57...

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1930s American Impressionist Reginald Marsh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Bathers in Surf, Reginald Marsh Painting
Bathers in Surf, Reginald Marsh Painting

Bathers in Surf, Reginald Marsh Painting

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) painting. c. 1954 Ink and wash on paper (double-sided) 22.25 x 30.5 inches Contact gallery for price. Reginald Marsh was an American painter, born in ...

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