Marvin Elliott Newman (December 5, 1927 – September 13, 2023) was an American artist and photographer.

Early life and education

Marvin Elliott Newman was born in The Bronx "to a family of Russian Jews who'd been in the bakery business for four generations". At age 16, he entered

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

where he studied sculpture and photography with Walter Rosenblum. In 1948, Newman briefly joined the

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where he took classes with John Ebstel. He graduated from Brooklyn with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1949. In 1949, he moved to Chicago to study at the Institute of Design with Harry Callahan and

Aaron Siskind Aaron Siskind (December 4, 1903 – February 8, 1991) was an American photographer whose work focuses on the details of things, presented as flat surfaces to create a new image independent of the original subject. He was closely involved with, if ...

. After obtaining an MS degree in photography in 1952, he moved back to New York City.

Career

Newman began working at ''

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'' soon after it began publishing in 1954. He also worked with Time/Life Books and advertising agencies. He contributed to various other publications including ''

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'', '' Look'', ''

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'' and '' Smithsonian'' and ''Newsweek''. Newman authored or coauthored eight books on the subject of photography. He was at one time the national president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers.

Personal life and death

Newman had a sister. His first marriage, to

Julia Scully Julia Scully (February 9, 1929 – July 18, 2023) was an American photography editor and memoirist. She was the editor of ''Modern Photography'' magazine. In 1998, she published her memoir ''Outside Passage: A Memoir of an Alaskan Childhood''. ...

, a former editor of ''Modern Photography'' magazine, ended in divorce. His second marriage, to Marja Loukkola with whom he had a daughter, also ended in divorce. His third marriage was to Dr. Brigitte (Genin) Newman, with whom he had a son. Marvin E. Newman died on September 13, 2023, at the age of 95.

Publications

*''The Color of Sweden'', 1966. *''Africa's Animals'', 1967. *''New York at Night''. Stewart Tabori and Chang, 1984. Full color portfolio of Times Square in the 1950s. *''Hallmark Collection''. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994. *''American Photographs 1900/2000''. Assouline, 2000. Two published photographs. *''Yankee Colors: The Glory Years of the Mantle Era''. 2009. With text by

Al Silverman Elwyn Harmon Silverman (12 April 1926 – 10 March 2019), known as Al Silverman, was a noted sports writer, the author of 10 books and numerous essays published in, among other publications, Playboy, Saga, and Sport magazine. Among his publication ...

. *''The Classic Mantle''. 2012. With text by

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. *''Marvin E. Newman''. Taschen, ''Collector’s Edition of 1,000 Copies'', 2017.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*1981: ''Breaking Ground, Open Spaces Temporary and Accidental'', photographs by Newman, text by Brendan Gill. One man show. Municipal Art Society of New York. *2006: ''Marvin E. Newman: The First Decade.''

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, New York. *2008: ''Marvin E. Newman: The Color Series.'' Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York.

Group exhibitions

*1953: ''Always the Young Strangers'',

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, New York. Included the work of 25 young photographers. *1982: ''Manhattan'', color photographic show, The Museum of the City of New York. *1989: ''Life through the Sixties'', International Center of Photography, New York.: *1994: ''Hallmark Collection'', Art Institute of Chicago, I C P Midtown, New York. *1995: ''Institute of Design'', Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois. *1998: ''New acquisitions Exhibition'', Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. *2010: ''Discoveries.'' Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York. *2010: ''Beyond Color'', Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York.

Awards

*Gold Medal for Editorial Photography from the

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*2009: Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography

Collections

Newman's work is held in the following permanent collections: *

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National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in ...

, Washington, DC *

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, Texas *

The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is an art museum housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the Felix M. Warburg House, along the Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The museum holds a collection of approximately 30,000 objects, including ...

, New York *

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, New York *

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, New York

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Marvin E. 1927 births 2023 deaths Photographers from the Bronx Brooklyn College alumni