Biography

1938–, American painter, b. Bronxville, N.Y.; grad Boston Univ. (B.F.A., 1961), Yale Univ. (M.A., 1963). Marden began exhibiting his work in the 1960s, becoming known for minimalist abstractions executed in oil paint and beeswax and composed of one or more rectangular panels of muted, monochromatic color, such as D’Après la Marquise de la Solana (1969, Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C.). In the mid-1980s he abruptly changed his style to a more spontaneous and gestural abstraction. Inspired by Asian calligraphy, he began to produce canvases covered with fluid, looping linear webs, often drawn with paint using long sticks. Among these are the highly acclaimed paintings of the Cold Mountain series of the late 1980s and early 90s. Marden is also known for his drawings and prints.
See studies by K. Kertess (1992), D. Rimanelli (1995), D. Schwarz and M. Semff (1997), J. C. Lee (1999), and C. Wylie (1999).

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