Reginald Marsh (1898 - 1954) France. Watercolor on Paper. Measure 12"in H x 16 1/4"in W and 17 1/2"in H x 21 1/2"in W with frame. Known for: Illustration, urban realistic painting-figure and genre. Reginald Marsh was a contemporary artist who was an instrumental art figure in the Depression Era of New York City. He studied at Yale, the Art Students League and Paris, and later learned an egg tempera and emulsion technique when he studied with Jacques Maroger from 1940-46. He painted scenes of amusement parks, crowded subways, vaudeville and night clubs as well as the busy harbors and railroad stations of New York. Marsh worked as a staff artist for the New York Daily News from 1922-25 and continued to be a contributing artist/writer for national magazines such as The New Yorker, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar. His retrospective was held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1955. Marsh was also a professor at the Art Students League from 1935-54.