Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American painter, recognized throughout the U.S and in Europe. He is regarded as one of the “mystical painters of the Northwest.” He was one of the founders of the Northwest School, alongside William Cumming, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson. His compositions were commonly influenced by Abstract expressionism and Asian calligraphy. Despite the similarities, his philosophical motivations for painting are different from most Abstract Expressionist painters. Learn more »
Paintings by Mark Tobey in Chronological Order
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| Pike Street Market Sketch, 1941 | Pike Street Market, 1942 | Fish Market (Seattle Market Scene Sketch), 1943 |
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| Crystallizations, 1944 | Electric night, 1944 | The New Day, 1945 |
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| Geography of Phantasy, 1948 | Homage to the Virgin, 1948 | Animal Sketches, 1949 |
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| Self Portrait, 1949 | Ancient Empires, 1950 | Edge of August, 1950 |
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| New crescent, 1953 | Self Portrait, 1953 | Canticle, 1954 |
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| Carnival, 1954 | Meditative Series VIII, 1954 | The imaginary Village, 1954 |
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| Forest Fire, 1956 | Autumn Field, 1957 | Chinese Grocery, 1957 |
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| Fire Dancers, 1957 | Untitled, 1957 | Untitled Sumi, 1957 |
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| Calligraphic Still Life No. 3, 1958 | Illuminated Plane, 1958 | Sentinels of the Field, 1958 |
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| Calligraphy, 1959 | Mon, 1959 | Travel Tobey, 1959 |
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| Untitled, 1959 | Lovers of Light, 1960 | La Resille, 1961 |
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| Louvre, 1961 | Untitled, 1961 | Advance of History, 1964 |
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| Childs Fantasy, 1964 | Reclining Figure of a Horse, 1964 | Two Men Walking, 1964 |
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| Untitled (Standing Figure), 1695 | Between Space and Time, 196 | Untitled, 1966 |
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| Landscape, 1968 | Aerial Centers, 1968 | Untitled, 1968 |
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| After the Harvest, 1970 | American Landscape, c.1970 | Coming and going, 1970 |
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| Evocation, 1970 | Image, 1970 | Komposition – blau, 1970 |
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| Komposition – rot, 1972 | Komposition schwarz, 1972 | Message from a Desert Star, 1972 |
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| Longing for Community, 1973 | Crowded City, 1974 | Flame of Colors, 1974 |
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| The Awakening-Night, 1974 | The Grand Parade, 1974 | To Life, 1974 |
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| Winter Leaves, 1974 | Morning Grass, 1975 | Sonata, 1975 |
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| Bahai Scene | New World Dimensions IV | Not identified |
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| Not identified | Orange Abstraction | Patterns of Conflict |
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| Rhythms | Screenshot | Subtile Souvenir |
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| They've Come Back | Totem Series Abstraction | Untitled |
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| Untitled | Untitled | Untitled |
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| Untitled | Untitled | Washington |
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| Washington | World Eggsharpen | Zoo Sketch |