The sketchbooks of Reginald Marsh

By Edward Laning

Book Overview

Reginald Marsh (March 14, 1898 - July 3, 1954) was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Crowded Coney Island beach... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821205382
• ISBN13: 9780821205389
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: New York Graphic Society
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mid century zesty sketcher

Laning was someone who knew Reginald Marsh for many years. His biography of Marsh is good as far as it goes,but it seems to me he could tell you more about his humor.Sketching and cartooning were a big part of the Ashcan school according to Rebecca Zurier in her book on the Ashcan artist.Like the Ashcan artist he worked as a newspaper artist.He was an enthusiastic sketchbook keeper,worker. I saw an exhibit of his sketchbooks at the Terra Museum in Evanston Illinois years ago.Most of his sketchbooks were of the spiral bound kind.His subjects were the bowerie and coney island,the beach,and Manhattan. Laning tells us that Marsh was quite interested in sex...tell us more. Marsh wasn't a subtle humorist. In 1948 a refugee from the Art Student's League told me on the Art Institute of Chicago steps. Marsh:"As far as movements go they are all bowel movements"