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Born: 1890
City and Country of Origin: Centerville, Wisconsin
Painting School: Abstract Expressionist
Art Training: Chicago Art Institute; Academy Valls
Exhibitions:
Major Works: "Broadway,"
Mark Tobey Biography: His work is a blend of oriental and occidental design elements, a form of calligraphic writing which he termed "white writing." He moved to Chicago where he financed his art education by working as an illustrator. He moved to New York's Greenwich village in 1911 to become a portrait painter, but was forced to take a position decorating lamps instead. He converted to the Baha'i World FAith and studied Zen Buddhism. He moved to Seattle in 1923. He became the artist-in-residence at Dartington Hall in England from 1931 to 1938. He then visited the Far East, first stopping in Shanghai and then a Zen Buddhist monastery in Japan. He moved to Basel, Switzerland in 1960 where he died.
Died: 1976

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