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1890 Born December 11, in Centerville, Wisconsin
1911-12 Works as fashion artist in New York and Chicago
1918 Converts to Bahai World Faith
1922 Moves to Seattle
1925 Trip to Europe; settles in Paris
1925-26 Travels in Spain, Greece, Turkey, Persia,
Palestine
1927-29 Returns to Seattle but travels frequently
to New York and Chicago
1930-38 Moves to England by invitation to teach at
Dartington Hall, a progressive school.
Among the many artists and intellectuals there at the time:
Pearl Buck, Aldous Huxley, the Jooss Ballet.
Travels to Mexico and throughout Europe; spends sabbatical
year (1934) traveling in the Far east, including Japan,
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Colombo.
1938 Returns to Seattle
1944 One-man exhibition at Willard Gallery, New York
1946 Included in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition
“14 Americans”
1948 Represented in United States section at XXIV
Venice Biennale
1952 Film, Mark Tobey, Artist, released by Orbit
Films
1962-76 Resides in Basel, Switzerland
Major Awards
1952-76 Elected to National Institute of Arts &
Letters
Guggenheim International Award
American Institute of Architects Fine Arts Medal
1958 First Prize, Painting, XXIX Venice Biennale
Major Exhibitions
1955 Art Institute of Chicago
1955 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1959 M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
1961 Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du
Louvre, Paris
1961 Kunnsthalle, Mannheim
1962 Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
1962 Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969 Peale Gallery of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
1972 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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