Mark Tobey

Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin . He studied art at the Art Institute Of Chicago before moving to New York in 1911. In 1922 Tobey moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish College Of Allied Arts . Tobey held his first solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in 1935.

Along with Bill Cumming, Guy Anderson , Kenneth Callahan , and Morris Graves , Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School .

Mark Tobey's work can be found in most major museums in the U.S. and internationally, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Tate Gallery in London , the Museum Of Modern Art in New York , the Metropolitan Museum Of Art , and the Whitney Museum Of American Art .

His work is inspired by a heartfelt spirituality that suggests a reference to Tobey's belief in the Bahá'í Faith .

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