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
Little Sister, Big Sister, c.1970
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Franklin, MI
A wonderful painting in the style clearly identified
with the artist.
Category
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Materials
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"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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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
Materials
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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
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Fletcher Martin Paintings
Materials
Oil
Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fletcher Martin (1904-1979). Darkness, 1940. Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches; 28.5 x 32.5 inches framed. Signed and dated lower left. Presented in a carved chestnut Heydenryk custom frame of the period. Excellent condition with no damage or conservation.
Biography:
Birth place: Palisade, CO
Death place: Guanajuato, Mexico
Addresses: NYC; Woodstock, NY, 1947 and after; Guanajuato, Mexico in 1976
Profession: Painter, lithographer, block printer, muralist, illustrator, teacher
Studied: Stickney Mem. Sch. Art
Exhibited: Hatfield Gal., Los Angeles, 1932 (solo); LACMA, 1935 ( Van Rensselaer Wilbur Prize), 1939 (prize), 1944; FAP, 1937 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1939-54 frequently (prize 1947); 48 States Comp., 1939 (prize); WMAA, 1940-57; AIC, 1940-45; VMFA, 1941; CI, 1942-44; MoMA, 1942; NAD, 1943, 1949 (Altman Prize); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1943-53 (6 times); Roberson Mem. Center, Binghamton, NY, 1968 (retrospective); Eve Loring Gal., Cedarhurst, NY & Rudolph Gals., Woodstock, NY, 1970s
Member: A.N.A., 1969; Woodstock AA (chmn., 1953-55); Calif. WC Soc.; Am. Artists Cong.; Fnd. of Western Art; AEA (nat. committee,1949-55).
Work: MMA; WMAA; MoMA; LOC; Cranbrook Acad. Art; William Rockhill Nelson Gal., Kansas City, KS; LACMA; Denver Art Mus.; Mus. FA, Houston; SFMA; PAFA. Commissions: true fresco, WPA, Hollywood H.S., 1935; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Fed. Bldg., San Pedro, CA, 1937; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Post Office Bldg., Lamesa, TX, 1938; bas relief sculpture, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, County Court House, Bonner's Ferry, ID, 1939; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Post Office Bldg., Kellogg, ID, 1940.
Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors, print media. Specialty: Western subjects. Illustrator: Tales of the Gold Rush, 1944; Mutiny on the Bounty, 1947; The Sea Wolf, 1961; The Jungle, 1965; Of Mice and Men...
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Materials
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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...
Category
1940s Art Deco Fletcher Martin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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