Marvin Elliott Newman (December 5, 1927 – September 13, 2023) was an American artist and photographer.^[1]

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".^[2][1] At age 16, he entered Brooklyn College where he studied sculpture and photography with Walter Rosenblum.^[3] In 1948, Newman briefly joined the Photo League where he took classes with John Ebstel.^[4] He graduated from Brooklyn with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1949.^[1]

In 1949, he moved to Chicago to study at the Institute of Design with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind.^[1][5][3] After obtaining an MS degree in photography in 1952, he moved back to New York City.^[1]

Career

Newman began working at Sports Illustrated^[6] soon after it began publishing in 1954. He also worked with Time/Life Books and advertising agencies.^[1] He contributed to various other publications including Life, Look, Newsweek and Smithsonian and Newsweek.^[1]

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.^[7]

Personal life and death

Newman had a sister. His first marriage, to Julia Scully, 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.^[1]

Marvin E. Newman died on September 13, 2023, at the age of 95.^[1]

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.
• The Classic Mantle. 2012. With text by Buzz Bissinger.
• Marvin E. Newman. Taschen, Collector’s Edition of 1,000 Copies, 2017.^{[8][9][10][11]}

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. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York.
• 2008: Marvin E. Newman: The Color Series. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York.^[12]

Group exhibitions

• 1953: Always the Young Strangers, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Included the work of 25 young photographers.^[1]
• 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.^[13]
• 2010: Beyond Color, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York.

Awards

• Gold Medal for Editorial Photography from the Art Directors Club of New York^{[citation needed]}
• 2009: Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography^[14]

Collections

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

• Art Institute of Chicago^[15]
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC^[16]
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas^[17]
• The Jewish Museum, New York^[18]
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York^[19]
• Museum of Modern Art, New York^[20]
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York^[21]