Marvin Cone
(American, 1891-1965)
Available for Purchase
Sketchbook page of River Farm. Pencil on Paper. 16.75 x 18.5
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Marvin Cone sought to evoke his inner vision of nature rather than to create a realistic depiction of the rural landscape. To cone, nature was a vehicle for revealing certain truths. His paintings integrated his firsthand observation of nature. He once said, "The purpose of art is not to reproduce life, but to present an editorial, a comment on life.... The artist does not set out to imitate nature. What would be the purpose of that? Let the camera with its clever mechanism imitate. Art, such as poetry, music, and painting, is simply a portion of the experience of the artist. When we actually see ideals, they become real to us. Art traces an abstraction and makes it audible or visual. It symbolizes the whole of life. We believe in something we can see."
--Cedar Rapids museum of art biography |
