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Fletcher Martin Paintings

American, 1904-1979

Fletcher Martin was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator. He is best known for his images of military life during World War II and his sometimes brutal images of boxing and other sports. Martin was born in 1904 in Palisade, Colorado, one of seven children of newspaperman Clinton Martin and his wife Josephine. The family relocated to Idaho and later Washington. By the age of 12, he was working as a printer. He dropped out of high school and held odd jobs such as lumberjack and professional boxer. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1922–26. Martin's artistic skills were largely self-taught.

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Artist: Fletcher Martin
Nude with Drape
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nude with Drape, c. 1937, oil on board, 24 x 17 (oval), signed lower right, provenance: Frances Lee Kent Falcone Family Trust About the Painting Fletcher Martin’s Nude with Drape ...
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1930s American Modern Fletcher Martin Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period - Midtown Galleries label on verso, Unframed Signed and date...
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1940s Art Deco Fletcher Martin Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
Fletcher Martin Lunch Break, circa 1940 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 31 1/2 x 37 3/8 inches When Fletcher Martin died in 1979, the New York Times entitled his obituary “Artist o...
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1940s American Realist Fletcher Martin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Quarrelling Gulls - Flock of Birds
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
This beautiful semi-abstract harbor scene of a flock of birds is rendered in Martin's signature style
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1950s Abstract Geometric Fletcher Martin Paintings

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Oil

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FLETCHER MARTIN "RECLINING NUDE" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1940 15.5 X 24 INCHES Fletcher Martin 1904-1979 Born Palisade, Colorado, April 29, 1904. Learned printing trade as a boy. Joined U.S. Navy in 1922, served four years. Worked at printing trade until 1935, painting in spare time. Artist war correspondent for Life Magazine, covered African campaign, 1943; Normandie campaign, 1944. First Exhibit at Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in 1933. First museum one-man show at San Diego Fine Arts Gallery in 1934. Holdings: Metropolitan Museum; Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Library of Congress; Rockhill Nelson Gallery in Kansas City; Los Angeles Museum; Florida Gulf Coast Art...
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