Marsh, Reginald

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).

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