REGINALD MARSH
(American, March 14, 1898 - July 3, 1954 )
Reginald Marsh was an American painter noted for his detailed depictions of life in New York City in the 1920's.
Marsh graduated in 1920 from Yale University, he then worked as a freelance illustrator, then for the New York Daily News and for The New Yorker.
"Stare at Michelangelo casts. Go out into the street. stare at the people. Go into the subway. Stare at the people. Stare, stare, keep on staring. Go into your studio; stare at your pictures, yourself, everything."
--Marsh's advice to his art students, as quoted by Marilyn Cohen in her book Reginald Marsh's New York, page 38.
Reginald Marsh
Manhattan Skyline
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Watercolor on paper on thin card, 13.8 x 19.8