Start of his international recognition and a period of regular exhibitions in Europe.
First solo exhibition in Europe at the Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France
Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Great Britain
1956
He takes part in the exhibition American Painting at the Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain, with Kline, de Kooning, Motherwell, Pollock, Rothko and Still.
Tobey becomes a permanent member of the Institut National des Arts et Lettres, Paris, France, and he beginns the series Above the Earth.
Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston
He receives the Guggenheim International Award.
1957
The year of the sumi inks.
Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle
Sumi Paintings by Mark Tobey, Willard Gallery, New York
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada
1958
Tobey receives the Major International Award for Painting at the XXIX. Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Mark Tobey, San José State College
Œuvres récentes de Mark Tobey, Galerie Stadler, Paris, France
St. Albans School, Washington
Tobey takes part in the world exhibition 50 ans d’art moderne in Brussels, Belgium.