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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

Nude with Drape

By Fletcher Martin

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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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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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IN THE SUN
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