Reginald Marsh

Water Sports - Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island

Documentation

Signed

Period

1920-1949

Materials

Chinese Ink, wash, watercolor,

Dimensions

W.	39.5 in;	H.	26.5 in;
W.	100.33 cm;	H.	67.31 cm;

Condition

Good.

Creation Date

1944

Description

Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls.
This is a two sided work. It's possible to seperate both images and create two works out of one work.
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York
Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago.

Born in Paris, Reginald Marsh was an American artist recognized for his Social Realist paintings of New York City life in the 1920s and ‘30s. Rejecting abstraction, Marsh included crowded Coney Island beach scenes, vaudeville and burlesque shows, women, and jobless men on the Bowery among his favorite subjects. Marsh was a prolific drawer as well, filling books with sketches made on streets, beaches, and public transportation. He painted in egg tempera, oils, watercolors, and ink, and produced many prints as well.

Styles / Movements

Illustration, Modernism, Post Impressionism

Incollect Reference Number

336192