Reginald Marsh
Sitting Nude, 1953
Later in his life, Reginald Marsh was a teacher at the Art Students League in New York and the …
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.
Later in his life, Reginald Marsh was a teacher at the Art Students League in New York and the Moore Institute of Art in Philadelphia. This work reminds one of a typical life drawing class. It shows the joy and spontaneity of drawing from a live model. The nude model sits in a seamless environment with just a hint of …
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.
