Marsh, Reginald

Marsh, Reginald, 1898–1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He worked as an illustrator for Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Daily News, and later he was a scene designer. He then studied under John Sloan and K. H. Miller at the Art Students League. From 1925 to 1939 he made two trips to Europe and sketched for The New Yorker. His lively recordings of Manhattan street life in many media were popular. "Why Not Use the 'L'?" (1930; Whitney Mus., New York City) is typical. Marsh painted two celebrated murals in the Post Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

See study by L. Goodrich (1972).

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Marsh, Reginald

(born March 14, 1898, Paris, France—died July 3, 1954, Bennington, Vt., U.S.) U.S. painter and printmaker. Born to American parents in Paris and educated at Yale University, from 1922 to 1925 he produced a daily column of drawings of vaudeville acts for the New York Daily News. In 1925 he became an original member of the staff of The New Yorker magazine, for which he drew humorous illustrations and metropolitan scenes. In 1929 he began painting scenes of city life, including Coney Island crowds and Bowery derelicts. He taught at the Art Students League from 1934 until his death.

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Marsh, Reginald (1898–1954) painter; born in Paris, France. His parents were American artists who returned to America (1900). He studied at Yale University (B.A. 1920), became a cartoonist and illustrator for periodicals, and lived in New York City. Known for his water colors and egg tempera paintings of contemporary urban life, he combined the baroque with a realistic style, as seen in The Bowery (1930), and Negroes on Rockaway Beach (1934).