# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-tobey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:16:23.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-tobey"
name: "Mark Tobey"
slug: "mark-tobey"
description: "Mark George Tobey was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School. Senior in age and experience, he had a strong influence on the others; friend and mentor, Tobey shared their interest in philosophy and Eastern religions. Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, Tobey founded the art department at The Cornish School in Seattle, Washington."
tagline: "American painter (1890–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Tobey_(1964)_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1890-12-11"
deathDate: "1976-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.651336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump