Mark Tansey

Mark Tansey was an American painter (born 1949). He was born at San Jose.

Mark Tansey in brief

Born
1949
Known for
painter
Place of birth
San Jose
Contents

Identity

Mark Tansey is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Open Library catalogues 2 works under this name. Mark Tansey is recorded as painter.

Works and catalogued output

What Mark Tansey produced.

Childhood asthma and beyond : a Witness Seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, on 4 April 2000 / Witness Seminar transcript edited by L.A. Reynolds, E.M. Tansey, introduction by Mark Jackson. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection. Study for "Still Life" is dated 1981 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.513). The Innocent Eye Test is dated 1981 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1988.183). The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 17 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading.

Open Library catalogues 2 works under this heading.

Context

The circumstances in which Mark Tansey stands.

Volume 60. 'The Recent History of Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)' is dated 2014 - 2016 and held by Wellcome Collection. A Short History of Modernist Painting I-III is dated 1982 and held by Statens Museum for Kunst (inventory KMS7623). Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in Sight is dated 1981 and held by Museum of Modern Art (inventory 213.1982). Triumph of the New York School is dated 1984 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.84.5). Picasso and Braque is catalogued and held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (inventory AC1992.154.1). Correspondence. Surnames, 'Marks' to 'Wheatley' is dated 1997-1998 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Homage to Frank Lloyd Wright is dated 1984 and held by Carnegie Museum of Art (inventory 84.27). Valley of Doubt is dated 1990 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.2010.275). Landscape is dated 1994 and held by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (inventory 2014.29). The Occupation is dated 1984 and held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (inventory 97.876). Seminar. 'Drugs in Psychiatric Practice' is dated 1997-1998 and held by Wellcome Collection. Interception is dated 1996 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 1996.78).

The Enunciation is dated 1992 and held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston (inventory 1992.251). Untitled is dated 1974 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.2010.274). Images that changed the world. Parts 1-5. is dated 2010 and held by Wellcome Collection. Apple Tree is catalogued and held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (inventory 2010.47). Still Life is dated 1982 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.359). Soft Borders is dated 1997 and held by Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1997.152).

Thalidomide : the fifty year fight. is dated 2014 and held by Wellcome Collection. Los Angeles County Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts records 1 object associated with this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Mark Tansey is held.

Whitney Museum of American Art records 3 objects associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this name. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 99 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Mark Tansey may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Mark Tansey is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q317256.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.

Whitney Museum of American Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Statens Museum for Kunst: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q1117704: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Carnegie Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 99 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tansey, Mark, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Tansey, Mark, Oxford Art Online, 2000.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are allegory. The authority associates the name with contemporary art.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Los Angeles and New York City.

Works named in the authority record are Still Life and The Innocent Eye Test.

Work by Mark Tansey is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Statens Museum for Kunst.

Chronology

  1. 1949Mark Tansey born at San Jose.
  2. 1949Mark Tansey was born in 1949 at San Jose.
  3. 1974Untitled is dated 1974 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.2010.274).
  4. 1981Study for "Still Life" is dated 1981 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.513).
  5. 1981The Innocent Eye Test is dated 1981 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1988.183).
  6. 1981Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in Sight is dated 1981 and held by Museum of Modern Art (inventory 213.1982).
  7. 1981The Innocent Eye Test (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  8. 1981Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in Sight (Museum of Modern Art).
  9. 1982A Short History of Modernist Painting I-III is dated 1982 and held by Statens Museum for Kunst (inventory KMS7623).
  10. 1982Still Life is dated 1982 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.359).
  11. 1982Still Life (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  12. 1982A Short History of Modernist Painting I-III (Statens Museum for Kunst).
  13. 1984Triumph of the New York School is dated 1984 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.84.5).
  14. 1984Homage to Frank Lloyd Wright is dated 1984 and held by Carnegie Museum of Art (inventory 84.27).
  15. 1984The Occupation is dated 1984 and held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (inventory 97.876).
  16. 1984Action Painting II (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
  17. 1990Valley of Doubt is dated 1990 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory P.2010.275).
  18. 1992The Enunciation is dated 1992 and held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston (inventory 1992.251).
  19. 1992The Enunciation (Museum of Fine Arts Boston).
  20. 1994Landscape is dated 1994 and held by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (inventory 2014.29).
  21. 1996Interception is dated 1996 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 1996.78).
  22. 1997Correspondence. Surnames, 'Marks' to 'Wheatley' is dated 1997-1998 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  23. 1997Seminar. 'Drugs in Psychiatric Practice' is dated 1997-1998 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  24. 1997Soft Borders is dated 1997 and held by Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1997.152).
  25. 2000Childhood asthma and beyond : a Witness Seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, on 4 April 2000 / Witness Seminar transcript edited by L.A. Reynolds, E.M. Tansey, introduction by Mark Jackson. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  26. 2010Images that changed the world. Parts 1-5. is dated 2010 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  27. 2010Apple Tree is catalogued and held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (inventory 2010.47).
  28. 2014Volume 60. 'The Recent History of Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)' is dated 2014 - 2016 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  29. 2014Thalidomide : the fifty year fight. is dated 2014 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Mark Tansey, Choice Reviews Online, 1994

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Mark Tansey (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Tansey, Mark, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Tansey, Mark, Oxford Art Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 2148574-4, Ausstellung des Bildes Triumph of the New York School von Mark Tansey (1995 : Düsseldorf).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Mark Tansey.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Mark Tansey (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 99 works naming Mark Tansey.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q317256: Mark Tansey

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Mark Tansey”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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