Don H. Marr is an American artist. His paintings reflect the
romantic realism and seriocomic surrealism (or humorous
satirical) genres, while using materials such as
acrylic,
oil pastels and
gold leaf. His pieces frequently incorporate
calligraphy. His realist paintings are housed in the permanent collections of the
Arkansas Arts Center, the Arkansas Historical Society, and the Biedenharn Museum in
Monroe, Louisiana. In the 1960s he was commissioned to do several large public works, including "Pine Bluff Pine" for the Pine Bluff, Arkansas public library.
A native of
Missouri, Marr received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953 from the University of Tennessee. He received his master's degree in fine art from the
University of Arkansas in 1958. He taught art and art history at
Hendrix College from 1959 to 2000. In 1991 he was named the Louis and Charlotte Cabe Distinguished Professor of Art. He passed on March 31, 2013.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]