BIOGRAPHY
Mark Tobey, amerikanischer Maler in Basel. @Comet Photo AG
American painter born in Centerville, Wisconsin, in 1890 and died in Basel in 1976.
He traveled extensively, particularly in Europe and Asia, where he discovered Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, which would have a profound influence on his work. Influenced by spiritual thought and the Bahá'í faith, he developed a meditative style of painting, consisting of networks of signs and luminous lines, which he called “white writing.” For Tobey, painting became a universal language, freed from representation, seeking to express the inner rhythm of the world and the spirit.
His works are featured in major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou.
EXHIBITIONS
2026
- The gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary . Carte blanche to Pierre Wat, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, Paris, France
- BRAFA 2026, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, Brussels, Belgium
2022
- Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France
2021
- Tobey or not to be ? Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, France
2018
- Mark Tobey, Pace Gallery, New York, United States
- Tobey, Biberstein : Écritures contemplatives, Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, France
2017
- Mark Tobey : Threading Light (
, Collection Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy & Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, United States
2011
- Mark Tobey, Selected works 1944-1970, Achim Moeller Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
2006
- Nights Sounds – Nocturnal Visions of Mark Tobey and Morris Graves, Seattle Art Museum, United States
2005
- Mark Tobey, Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2003
- Mark Tobey and Friends, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, United States
- Mark Tobey – Paintings, drawings, original graphic work, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, United States
2002
- Mark Tobey – Smashing Forms, Seattle Art Museum, United States
1998
- Mark Tobey, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
1976
- Mark Tobey, 1890–1976, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, United States
1968
- Retrospective, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, United States
1962
- Mark Tobey, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, United States
1961
- Retrospective, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1958
- Biennale de Venise, Grand Prix de peinture
- Seattle Art Museum, United States
1956
- Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom, American Painting
1955
- Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, France
1951
- Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States