| Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) - injustice of crime | ||
| Butler Institute | Paris son born of an
"establishment" couple, Marsh attended Yale. He was an illustrator for the New York Daily News and was on the original staff of New Yorker magazine. Marsh traveled to Europe to study the works of Rubens and Michelangelo. To artists seeking inspiration, Marsh urged, "Go out into the street, stare at the people. Go into the subway, stare at the people." He was more sympathetic to strippers and fat bathers than to debutants and dowagers and lamented about Coney that, "The bunions and varicose veins and flat chests are gone. Now ther are only Marilyn Monroes." At a time when crime was being glamorized (Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Al Capone, Bonny and Clyde...), Marsh strove to picture the horrible reality in paintings such as The Death of Dillinger.
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Crime is not
glamorous...it is like a muddy, stinking marsh.