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	Mark Tobey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark Tobey (December 11, 1890 - April 24, 1976) was an abstract American painter.
		Tobey held his first solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in 1935.
		Mark Tobey's work can be found in most major museums in the US and internationally, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Mark_Tobey (130 words)

	Mark Tobey
		Widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe, Tobey is the most noted among the "mystical painters of the Northwest." Born in Centerville, Wisconsin, in 1890, he was senior in age and experience and had a strong influence on the others.
		Tobey had become a member of the Bahai World Faith in 1918, and in 1934 had spent a month in a monastery while visiting China and Japan.
		Tobey received many prestigious awards, and his works are included in most major museums in the U.S. and abroad.
	www.museumofnwart.org /collection/nwartists_detail.ldmx?id=28 (317 words)

	Mark Tobey
		Mark Tobey was born on December 11, 1890, in Centerville, Wisconsin.
		Tobey spent a month in a Zen monastery outside Kyoto in 1934; the following year he began his “white writing” paintings, which were shown for the first time at the Willard Gallery, New York, in 1944.
		Tobey returned in 1938 to Seattle where, in addition to painting and teaching, he studied the piano and music theory.
	www.utebarth.com /kuenstler/tobey.htm (722 words)

	Mark Tobey painter, Mark Tobey art history, Mark Tobey impressionist
		Mark Tobey was born in 1890 in Centerville Wisconsin and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.
		Tobey was also an illustrator and muralist but is most well known for his "white writing" paintings that give the illusion of being expansive and much larger than they actually are.
		Tobey is classified within the Abstract Expressionists, but because he was immersed in Asian religion and European culture, he was in fact isolated spiritually and physically from its New York founders.
	www.arthistoryguide.com /travel/travel53.aspx (147 words)

	Mark Tobey - Biography
		Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin in 1890.
		A key event in Tobey's life was his conversion in 1918 to the Baha'i World Faith.
		Despite the fact that he disliked cities, it was the urban congestion of New York City that Tobey interpreted in his earliest white-writing compositions.
	www.rogallery.com /tobey_mark/tobey-biography.htm (345 words)

	Seattle Art Museum: Press Release
		SAM is the repository of the Mark Tobey Estate and many of the paintings in the show were given to the museum by the artist himself or his close friends.
		Mark Tobey: Smashing Forms and Mark Tobey and Friends are the latest exhibitions that highlights the art of the Northwest.
		Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin in 1890 and as a young man, he moved to Chicago and worked as an illustrator by day, attending the Chicago Art Institute by night.
	www.seattleartmuseum.org /pressRoom/prRelease.asp?prID=58 (956 words)

	Mark Tobey
		Tobey studeerde korte Tijd van 1906-1908 aan Het Art Institute in Chicago, Maar Was voornamelijk Autodidact.
		In 1930 verhuisde Mark tobey naar Engeland en gaf van 1931-1937 les aan de Dartington School of devonshire.
		In 1960 verhuist tobey naar Basel waar hij tot aan zijn Dood blijft Wonen.
	www.kunstbus.nl /verklaringen/mark+tobey.html (244 words)

	Mark Tobey
		Tobey is of course most famous for his creation of so-called "white writing" - an overlay of white or light-colored calligraphic symbols on an abstract field which is often itself composed of thousands of small and interwoven brush strokes.
		Such themes are Bahá'í and Tobey was, as is well known, an active Bahá'í from his acceptance of the Faith in 1918 until his death.
		Art critics and historians of various backgrounds have agreed that Tobey was enormously influenced by his religious beliefs and that he sought to express elements of them in his paintings.
	www.onecountry.org /oc94/oc9416as.html (1614 words)

	Mark Tobey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tobey Maguire sur la toile Biography, news, films, trailers, quotes and photos galleries of the American actor Tobey Maguire.
		Tobey Maguire News: Topix.net News about Tobey Maguire continually updated from around the net.
		Tobey Descendants of Thomas Tobey of Sandwich, born circa 1625.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Mark_Tobey.html (494 words)

	Arts Dialogue : Bahá´í Association for the Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mark Tobey was born in Wisconsin, U.S.A., and grew up in the countryside with a great love for nature.
		Mark Tobey was also influenced by Northwest and Alaskan Indian art.
		Mark Tobey rejected any claim that his work represented a climax or summit in art history, and resisted being categorized as belonging to any 'school' or the label "Bahá´í artist".
	www.bahai-library.com /bafa/tobey.htm (2663 words)

	Retrospective exhibition on Mark Tobey at Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia
		MADRID - An international retrospective exhibition on the work of artist Mark Tobey is scheduled to open in November at the prestigious Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.
		Tobey, who was born in Wisconsin in 1890 and died in Switzerland in 1976, was known as a citizen of the world.
		Tobey was also a member of the Bahá'í Faith, which clearly influenced his work, Mr.
	www.onecountry.org /oc92/oc9209as.html (389 words)

	Pacific Northwest Art --- Graves, Callahan, Tobey
		Mark Tobey's calligraphic painting --- his gestural marks --- were called "white writing." He was a follower of Baha Ullah --- a Baha'i --- and set out to find the primordial consciousness out of which phenomena erupt, whatever that means.
		Tobey was a stodgemeister: a faux Englishman from Wisconsin.
		She painted portraits of Tobey and North Coast Indian imagery and raggedy dolls which she sold on a clothes line on the street, sort of a bag lady with a brush.
	www.ralphmag.org /BK/northwest-art.html (1873 words)

	Mark Tobey, Morris Graves and other Northwest artists
		Mark Tobey was born in Wisconsin in 1890 and died in Switzerland in 1976.
		As a leading artist of the group referred to as "The Mystic Painters of the Northwest," Mark Tobey is famous for his creation of "white writing," composed at times of thousands of small interwoven brush strokes of white or light-colored calligraphic symbols.
		Mark Tobey first visited Seattle in 1923 and lived there until he moved to Switzerland in 1960.
	www.marktobeyartist.com (180 words)

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		A painter of small abstract works with underlying religious themes as well as illustrator and muralist, Mark Tobey remains known primarily for his "white writing" paintings that give the impression of being expansive and much larger than they actually are.
		Tobey is sometimes categorized with the Abstract Expressionists, but in fact he was isolated spiritually and physically from its New York founders because of his immersion in Asian religion and major time spent in Europe and the Pacific Northwest.
		Mark Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin, and raised in the Midwest, lived in Indiana and Chicago where he briefly attended the Art Institute School.
	www.askart.com /artist/T/mark_tobey.asp?ID=30110 (595 words)

	Woodside/Braseth Gallery : Mark Tobey
		"Mark Tobey holds a unique and important position among the artists of the United States and Europe.
		As a young man Tobey was converted to the Baha'i World Faith, which deeply affected his view of the world.
		Mark Tobey is represented in the permanent collections of most of the major art museums throughout the world and was honored recently with a retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain.
	www.woodsidebrasethgallery.com /descrip_tobey.html (144 words)

	Mark Tobey: Painter of the Humane Abstract (Rexroth) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin, December 11, 1890.
		I suspect that Tobey, who was in England at the time of the sale, may have had something to do with this purchase.
		Tobey has spent much time in Indian villages, owns several fine examples of their work, has purchased much for others, and has steered his students toward careful study of Northwest Indian motives and methods.
	www.bopsecrets.org /rexroth/essays/art/tobey.htm (1908 words)

	Mark Tobey Online
		Mark Tobey at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 2 works by Mark Tobey
		Mark Tobey at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland
		All images and text on this Mark Tobey page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/tobey_mark.html (192 words)

	Mary Ellen Mark ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Mark Adams has received awards and recognition for his extraordinary artwork and is known for his creative use of materials and his wonderful urban art environment at his Bay View home.
		Mark Coetzee's first exhibition of the same title was shown at AVA in March/April of 2003.
		Mark Edwards’ rich colour photographs are born out of a prolonged engagement with neglected and overlooked landscapes close to home, while oriental iconography and mass-reproduced images are some of the disparate sources that Lucy Skaer uses to we...
	wwar.com /masters/m/mark-mary_ellen.html (1170 words)

	Mark Tobey Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mark Tobey - We've done the research for you.
		Mark Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American abstract painter.
		Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, and Morris Graves, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Mark_Tobey (299 words)

	Jack Rutberg Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although generally categorized with New York Abstract Expressionism, Mark Tobey stands uniquely apart from, and is seen as a precursor to, this movement.
		Tobey (1890-1976), who converted to the Bahá'i faith, was a master of combining both Eastern and Western sensibilities in his work.
		MARK TOBEY opens May 16, with an opening reception from 7:00 until 9:30 p.m at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, located at 357 N. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles.
	www.jackrutbergfinearts.com /JRutbergFile/JRutbergArtists/MTobeyFile/MTobey0503.html (304 words)

	News03
		Tobey felt that he had finished his work — that he actually had nothing more to add.
		Tobey spent a rather long time working on this last picture in a big storeroom at the gallery, where he finished it.
		Tobey lived in the house with his old friend and companion, Pehr Hallsten, and his secretary, Marc Ritter.
	www.cmt-marktobey.net /News/News03/news03.html (320 words)

	Additional Reading (from Tobey, Mark) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-219948?tocId=219948 (762 words)

	Collezione Peggy Guggenheim - Artisti - Mark Tobey (1890-1976) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1918 Tobey converted to the Bahà’i World Faith which led him to explore the representation of the spiritual in art.
		The artist settled in Basel in 1960, and in 1961 he became the first American painter to be honored with a one-man exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
		Solo presentations of Tobey’s work were held at The Museum of Modem Art, New York, in 1962, and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1966.
	www.guggenheim-venice.it /italiano/06_artisti/tobey.htm (500 words)

	Mark Tobey eng
		His inventions of the "all over painting" and the "white writing" led Tobey to be the father of the modern american painting.
		When we consider Mark Tobey's many journeys to various continents and his active interest in things other than painting, such as music, literature, religion, and philosophy, then it becomes clear that Tobey was one of the few of his generation of American artistswho actually opened a door to still broader experiences.
		In his text, Ductus, Stroke and Graphics in Tobey's Work, Kosme de Barañano demonstrates that, as a symbol for multifacetedness, Tobey’s writing was not limited to fine, white structures, but that the many different kinds of phenomena each have their own correspondent in the many different types of writing and color used in painting.
	www.hachmeister-galerie.de /HACHMEISTER_eng/artists/Mark_Tobey_eng/mark_tobey_eng.html (846 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Masters of Northwest Art: Mark Tobey -- Guru of Seattle Painters
		"Mark Tobey isn't home," she shrilled, "I am his wife." She was half seated against the porch railing, dressed in a style that might be called "pleasantly peasant," which was much in contrast to her frenzied expression.
		Mark was annoyed when Helmi wanted to tag along and was frustrated by her devotion, but he was sensitive to her problem.
		I wonder if Mark ever suspected that there could come a time in which dedication to painting from the inner self would evolve, some 40 years later, into just the opposite -- a time in which the art of self-promotion would be as important as the art itself.
	www.historylink.org /output.cfm?file_id=3617 (1486 words)

	Biography Mark Tobey
		At the age of sixteen, Tobey went to Chicago in 1906 and began to study at the local Art Institute.
		During the following years Tobey went further into works of the Arabian literature and the teachings of East Asian philosophy with the consequence that he joined the Baha-'i-doctrine in 1918.
		In the beginning they were slightly representational, but became more and more abstract and are therefore in harmony with the artist's meditative and contemplative principle of life.
	www.mark-tobey.com (364 words)

	Mark Tobey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Colonials held on to the lead after goalie Stephanie Magnuson stopped a penalty stroke at the 12-minute mark.
		And a river of rushing water filled the basement of Mark and Michelle Oliva's Sagamore...
		The 35-year-old woman was taken to Tobey Hospital in Wareham, where she...
	mark-tobey.wikiverse.org (236 words)

	AbsoluteFacts.nl - Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
		De Amerikaanse kunstenaar Mark Tobey (1890-1976) werd geboren in Centerville (Wisconsin).
		Tobey studeerde korte tijd aan het Art Institute in Chicago, maar was voornamelijk autodidact.
		Mark Tobey keerde terug naar Seattle in de Verenigde Staten, waar hij tot 1960 bleef wonen.
	www.absofacts.com /kunstenaars/data/tobeymark.shtml (277 words)

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