John Marin's most famous painting is Weehawken Sequence. With Landscape (1921) and Quoddy Head, Maine Coast (1933), it completes the three works everyone recognises. Our catalogue lists 44 works by John Marin; the 44 below are the ones the world looks at most, each with its year, the museum that holds it and why it matters.
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The Weehawken Sequence emerges from the mind of the American artist John Marin, who lived from 1870 to 1953. This specific work, painted about 1916, captures an abstract cityscape of Weehawken, New Jersey. It exists as a single voice within a much larger, experimental dialogue. Marin produced more than one hundred paintings under the title Weehawken Sequence, each one a distinct observation of the local terrain.
The watercolor Landscape by John Marin emerges from the paper as a quiet moment captured in 1921. This work, measuring 50 x 43 cm, invites the eye into a forest scene where the boundaries between nature and light feel fluid. The artist, John Marin, uses the transparency of his medium to build a world of trees and scattered yellow flowers. There is a sense of life moving through the greenery,…
John Marin created Quoddy Head, Maine Coast in 1933. This work focuses on the rugged topography of the Maine coastline, specifically capturing the interaction between the sea and the shore. The composition centers on the geological textures of the region, featuring a detailed arrangement of pebbles, rocks, and surging waves.
Pertaining to Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street is an oil painting by the American modernist John Marin. Created in 1933, the work captures a specific pulse of urban existence. It exists today within the permanent collection of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., United States of America.
Black River Valley is a watercolor painting by the artist John Marin. Created in 1913, the work captures a specific landscape located in Castorland, New York, situated near the Adirondacks. The composition focuses on the topographical features of the region, specifically the Black River and the surrounding river valley.
John Marin created Maine Islands in 1922. This work presents a landscape of the Maine coast, focusing on the relationship between land and sea. The composition centers on a waterscape where various islands emerge from the surrounding environment.
John Marin painted Weehawken Sequence, No. 30 about 1916. The work captures an abstract cityscape of Weehawken, New Jersey. It is a small oil on canvas board. The subject is a distillation of the urban landscape, where the structures of the town meet the air.
John Marin's 'Tunk Mountains, Maine,' painted in 1946, is more than just a depiction of the rugged beauty of northern Maine; it’s a profound meditation on observation, memory,…
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The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by John Marin | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Phillips Collection |
Washington, D.C. | 10 | Quoddy Head, Maine Coast, Pertaining to Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street, Spring No. 1 |
 Smithsonian Amerikan Sanat Müzesi |
Washington, D.C. | 2 | The Sea, Maine, Untitled (The Blue Sea) |
 Birmingham Museum of Art |
Birmingham | 1 | The Tree |
 John and Mable Ringling Sanat Müzesi |
Sarasota | 1 | Cape Split - September Squall |
 Şikago Sanat Enstitüsü |
Chicago | 1 | West Forty-Second Street from Ferryboat |
 Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston | 1 | Huntington, Long Island, #3 |
 Parrish Art Museum |
Water Mill | 1 | Tunk Mountains, Maine |
 Kelvingrove Sanat Galerisi ve Müzesi |
Glasgow | 1 | Sailboat |
Black River Valley is a watercolor painting by the artist John Marin. Created in 1913, the work captures a specific landscape located in Castorland, New York, situated near…
The watercolor Landscape by John Marin emerges from the paper as a quiet moment captured in 1921. This work, measuring 50 x 43 cm, invites the eye into…
John Marin created Quoddy Head, Maine Coast in 1933. This work focuses on the rugged topography of the Maine coastline, specifically capturing the interaction between the sea and…
Weehawken Sequence. Next come Landscape (1921) and Quoddy Head, Maine Coast (1933).
Weehawken Sequence, Landscape, Quoddy Head, Maine Coast, Pertaining to Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street, Spring No. 1, Black River Valley, Maine Islands, Street Crossing, New York, The Sea, Cape Split, Maine and Weehawken Sequence, No. 30. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 44 works by John Marin, dated from 1907 to 1953.
Most of them are in The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), Smithsonian Amerikan Sanat Müzesi (Washington, D.C.) and Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham). The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1920s: 10 of the 44 works on this page date from then, among them Landscape.
The earliest on this page is Portal of St. Mark's, Venice (1907), the latest Spring No. 1 (1953).
Beach (3), Trees (3) and Landscape (3), among the 44 works on this page.
Watercolor: 4 of the 44 works on this page.
Modernism and Expressionism, as the paintings on this page show.
Quoddy Head, Maine Coast, Pertaining to Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street and Spring No. 1 are among the 10 works on this page held by the The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C..
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.
