John Francis Marsh AFAS, NWS, CAA

         P. O. 1240, West Point, CA  95255-1240

         (209) 293.7088   (831) 648-1235

         jmarsh@volcano.net


BORN: 1936, Glens Falls, New York, USA


EDUCATION:

Studies:  Composition, Watercolor Painting, Figure Drawing and

Ornamental Design.

Ernst Lohrmann, H.C. Wilcox Technical High School,

Meriden, Connecticut, 1951-1955

Graduated Summa Cum Laude 1955


AWARDS:

Scholastic Magazine Art Awards, Keys - 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

Scholastic Magazine Art Awards, Honerable Mentions -

1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

Scholastic Magazine Art Awards, Scholarship -  1 year, Carnegie Tech, 1954

Scholarship , Yale Art School, 1954

Scholarship , Hartford Art School, 1954

Scholarship , University of Bridgeport, 1954

Meriden Manufacture Association Award, 1952, 1953, 1954

General Motors Fisher Body Craftsman Guild, State Awards,

1950, 1951, 1952, 1953


   Studies:  Engineering, Industrial Design and Painting

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1955


   Studies:  Industrial Design, Product and Automotive Design

The Art Center School, Los Angeles, California, 1956-1959

Bachelor of Professional Art Degree, with Honors, 1959 

The Art Center School, Los Angeles, California


AWARDS:

Scholarship , Libby, Owens, Ford, 1957, 1958 , 1959


EXHIBITIONS:

2008   The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Palm Beach, Fl


2007   The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Palm Beach, Fl

           The PalmConcours d’Elegance, Palm Beach, Fl

2006   The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Palm Beach, Fl

           The Petterson

    Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

2005    Eyes on Design, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

2004The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Palm Beach, Fl

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

2003   The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Palm Beach, Fl

           Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance , Amelia Island, FL

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

2002 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

2001 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

Ferrari Club of America, Dallas Texas

Ferrari Club of America, Indinapolis, Indiana

Newport Beach Concours de' Elegance, Newport Beach, CA

2000The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

1999The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

SEMA/AI Show, Las Vegas, NV

Burn Prevention Concours de' Elegance, Bethlehem, PA

1998The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

Blackhawk Museum One Man Show, Danville, CA

1997The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

The Canessa Gallery, One-man Show, San Francisco, CA

Robert Talbot, Nine City Neckwear Tour for Nordstroms

1996The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

1995The Carmel Art Association, One-man Show, Carmel, CA

Stonehaven Gallery, Carmel CA

Automotive Emporium, Dallas TX

Meadow Brook Hall, Automotive Art, Rochester, MI

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

1994The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

Automotive Emporium, Dallas TX

Meadow Brook Hall, Automotive Art, Rochester, MI

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

SEMA/AI Show, Las Vegas, NV

1993Stonehaven Gallery, Carmel CA

The Art of Motion, Monterey, CA

The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

The Winters Gallery, Cambria, CA

Art Buyers Caravan, Long Beach, CA

Automotive Emporium, Dallas TX

Steering Wheel West, San Francisco, CA

Frame-O-rama/Galeria, New York, NY

Denver Auto Show, Denver, CO

Meadow Brook Hall, Automotive Art, Rochester, MI

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

1992The Art of Motion, Monterey, CA

The Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

The Winters Gallery, Cambria, CA

Meadow Brook Hall, Automotive Art, Rochester, MI

Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, Pebble Beach, CA

Art & The Automobile, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

SEMA/AI Show,Las Vegas, NV

1991Western Art in the Grand Tradition, Fallbrook, CA

Meadow Brook Hall, Automotive Art, Rochester, MI

Carmel Art Association, New Menbers Show, Carmel, CA

Conner Cottage Gallery, Florence, OR

Winters Gallery, Cambria, CA

Sutter Creek Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

The Car The Art, Los Angeles, CA

1990El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ and Santa Fe, NM

Western Art in the Grand Tradition, Fallbrook, CA

Art & The Automobile, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

The 14th Annual Santa Barbara Concours, Santa Barbara, CA

1989El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ and Santa Fe, NM

Alexander’s Fine Art Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

3 Person Spring Show, Sedona, AZ

1988El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ and Santa Fe, NM

Alexander’s Fine Art Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

Yosemite Renaissance 3 National Art Exhibition, Yosemite, CA

1987El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Alexander’s Fine Art Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA


My Fine Art Painting Shows



1986El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Alexander’s Fine Art Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

The Canessa Gallery, One-man Show, San Francisco, CA

1985El Prado Gallery of Art, Three-man Show, Scottsdales, AZ

El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Second Annual Western Art Classic, Minneapolis, MN

Death Valley 49’ers Invitational Show, Death Valley, CA

1984El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Alexander’s Fine Art Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

1983El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

1982El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

1981El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Saddleback Round-up 15th Annual, Santa Ana, CA

Grand Central Gallery, New York City, NY

Derbyshire’s Gallery, La Mirada, CA

1980El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Armstrong’s Gallery, Two-man Show, Pomona, CA

Grand Central Gallery, New York City, NY

A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, CA

1979Saddleback Round-up 13th Annual, Santa Ana, CA

A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, CA

1978El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, CA

National Watercolor Society, 58th Show, Los Angeles, CA

Death Valley 49’ers Invitational Show, Death Valley, CA

1977El Prado Gallery of Art, Sedona, AZ

Saddleback Round-up 11th Annual, Santa Ana, CA

Armstrong’s Gallery, Two-man Show, Pomona, CA

National Watercolor Society, 57th Show, Los Angeles, CA

A. Huney Gallery, One-man Show, San Diego, CA

1976Saddleback Round-up 10th Annual, Santa Ana, CA

Armstrong’s Gallery, Three-man Show, Pomona, CA

Nebraskaland Days Western Show, North Platte, NE

National Watercolor Society, 56th, Los Angeles, CA

Death Valley 49’ers Invitational Show, Death Valley, CA

1974Nebraskaland Days Western Show, North Platte, NE

The Canessa Gallery, One-man Show, San Francisco, CA

National Watercolor Society, 54th Show, Los Angeles, CA

Death Valley 49’ers Invitational Show, Death Valley, CA

1973National Watercolor Society, 53rd Show, Los Angeles, CA

Death Valley 49’ers Open Show, Death Valley, CA

           The Drawing Room Gallery, Two-man Show, Scottsdale, AZ

1963The Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1962The Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1961The Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1960The Design Center, General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI

1959The Design Center, General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI

1953-1959 Various Shows, Commissions & Student Awards,

Hartford - Wallingford - Yale



MEMBERSHIP:

Automotive Fine Arts Society 1992 to present

Carmel Art Association, 1991 to present

National Watercolor Society, 1973 to present


BIBILIOGRAPHY:

Automobile Magazine,VW Concept 1, May 1994 pp.92

AFAS Quarterly, Winter1994-#20,Cover & pp.16-19

Collector Car News, November 1993 pp. 30-33

Antique Toy World, July 1993,Cover, & pp. 36-39

Automobile Magazine, August 1992 pp.106-111

Fine Homebuilding, December 1983-January 1984 pp. 42-49

Southwest Arts, October 1977 pp. 32-37


GENERAL BOOKS:

Peggy & Harold Samuels, Contemporary Western Artists, 1980

Magnus Berglund, Stick, Stone and Earth, 1984

Starkey, Renwick & Olczyk, Ferrari - 50 Years on the Track, 1998

Starkey, Renwick & Olczyk, Ferrari - 166 To F50GT, The Racing Berllinettas


ADVERTISING:

Collector Car News,1993

Antique Toy World, 1993

AFAS Quarterly, 1992 to 1994

Marshmemo, Stonehaven’s News for the Collector, Fall 1992

Southwest Arts, 1977 to 1990


AWARDS:

            AFAS, Lincoln Award for: The most Elegant Painting, 2004

            AFAS, Athena Award of Execellence, 2003

            AFAS, Athena Award of Execellence, 2001

AFAS, Athena Award of Execellence, 1998

AFAS, Athena Award of Execellence, 1997

Richard A. Teague Award, Meadow Brook Hall, 1992

National Watercolor Society, Windsor & Newton Award, 1983

National Watercolor Society, Chalis Gallery Award, 1974


LIMTED EDITION PRINTS:

Mrs. Ross Collection, Stonehaven Editions, 1983

With a Delicate Hand, 350 s/n,Patchwork, 350 s/n,  Nutcracker, 350 s/n

Automotive Series, Stonehaven Editions, 1992

Two for Le Mans, 350 s/n, Sunday Spin, 350 s/n, Tryst, 400 s/n

Volkswagen, Stonehaven Editions,

Concept-1  "Honest, Simple, Reliable, Original" - 1994

Automotive Fine Art Print Series, Stonehaven Editions

Three Trip Tychs, 19 singles, 35 s/n - 1996 - 2002

Corbin Motors, Stonehaven Editions,

Heart and Soul, 1200 s/n - 1997

The Ford Motor Company, Stonehaven Editions - 2000

Thiunderbird -  "American, Bold, Confident & Free 2000 s/n


POSTERS:

Artichoke Festival Poster, 1996

Michigan Children's Foundation, Concours de' Elegance, 1996

Artichoke Festival Poster, 1997

Robert Talbot Neckwear Poster Series,

History of the Automobile, 1997

Artichoke Festival Poster, 1999

Burn Prevention Foundation Concours de' Elegance Poster, 1999

Pebble Beach 50th Anniversary Concours de' Elegance Poster, 2000

Artichoke Festival Poster 2000

Artichoke Festival Poster, 2001

Artichoke Festival Poster, 2002

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