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Bergen County. Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum. Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 668. Source citation. Artist. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, he was an early 20th Century artist best known for his modern abstract landscapes and watercolor art work.
- Fairview, New Jersey
- December 23, 1870
- Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. [1] His mother died nine days after his birth, and he was raised by two aunts in Weehawken, New Jersey. [2] He attended the Stevens Institute of Technology for a year, and tried unsuccessfully to become an architect. [2]
The style of these works was inspired by the excavations at the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which had been buried since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
By the time Marin came to New Mexico in the summers of 1929 and 1930, his reputation as a major American modernist was well established. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, he trained first as an architect, then spent two years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
- December 23, 1870
- October 1, 1953
Having lived a quiet and uneventful private life, Marin died, just shy of his 83 rd birthday, at his home in Addison, Maine on October 2, 1953, and was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in New Jersey. His son donated his remaining works to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
- American
- December 23, 1870
- Rutherford, New Jersey
- October 2, 1953
John Marin (born December 23, 1870, Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.—died October 1, 1953, Cape Split, Maine) was an American painter and printmaker especially known for his expressionistic watercolour seascapes of Maine and his views of Manhattan.
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John Marin (December 23, 1870 – October 2, 1953) was an early American modernist artist. He is known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors.
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