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Martin Lewis Art

American, Australian, 1881-1962

Martin Lewis was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, on June 7th, 1881. He was the second of eight children and had a passion for drawing. 

At the age of 15, Lewis left home and traveled in New South Wales, Australia, and in New Zealand, working as a pothole digger and a merchant seaman. He returned to Sydney and settled into a Bohemian community outside Sydney. Two of his drawings were published in the radical Sydney newspaper, The Bulletin. He studied with Julian Ashton at the Art Society's School in Sydney. Ashton was an English-born Australian artist and teacher known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his influential art school in Sydney. 

In 1900, Lewis left Australia for the United States. His first job was in San Francisco, painting stage decorations for William McKinley's presidential campaign of 1900. By 1909, Lewis was living in New York, where he found work in commercial illustration. His earliest known etching is dated 1915. However, the level of skill in this piece suggests he had been working in the medium for some time previously. It was during this period that he helped Edward Hopper learn the basics of etching

In 1920, after the breakup of a romance, Lewis traveled to Japan, where for two years he drew and painted and studied Japanese art. The influence of Japanese prints is very evident in Lewis's prints after that period. In 1925, he returned to etching and produced most of his well-known works between 1925 and 1935. Lewis's first solo exhibition in 1929 was successful enough for him to give up commercial work and concentrate entirely on printmaking. 

Lewis is most famous for his black and white prints, mostly of night scenes of non-tourist, real-life street scenes of New York City. During the Depression, however, he was forced to leave the city for four years between 1932 and 1936 and move to Newtown, Connecticut. His work from this period includes a number of rural, night-time, and winter landscape scenes in this area. 

Lewis returned to Manhattan in 1936 and continued to etch and paint. He taught printmaking at the Art Students League of New York from 1944 until his retirement in 1952. Now he is considered one of the most important American printmakers of the twentieth century.

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(Biography provided by Allinson Gallery, Inc.)

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Artist: Martin Lewis
Spring Night, Greenwich Village
By Martin Lewis
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Fifth Avenue Bridge.
By Martin Lewis
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Stoops in Snow
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Martin Lewis 20th Century Master Printmaker, Etching, 1932 "White Monday"
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QUARTER OF NINE - SATURDAY'S CHILDREN
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Rainy Day, Queens
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Little Penthouse
By Martin Lewis
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Shadows, Garage at Night
By Martin Lewis
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White Monday
By Martin Lewis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in the plate lower left Note: Printed on September 26, 1980 in an edition of 4 restrikes. Reference: Paul McCarron, The Prints of Martin Lewis: A Catalogue Raisonne (Bro...
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Barns in the Helderberg, New York (rural 1930s American scene with vintage car)
By Martin Lewis
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Barns in the Helderberg, New York" by Martin Lewis shows neighbors (one in a Model T car) visiting outside a series of barns with a tree in the background...
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ICE CREAM CONES
By Martin Lewis
Located in Portland, ME
Lewis, Martim (American, born Australia, 1881-1962). ICE CREAM CONES. McCarron 78. Drypoint, 1928. Edition of 75, of which only 70 were printed. Signed in pencil, lower right. 9 3/4 ...
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"Under the Street Lamp" Imp. Etching
By Martin Lewis
Located in Houston, TX
Copperplate etching by Martin Lewis titled "Under the Street Lamp." Edition of 100. Printed on laid paper with watermark and 83 recorded impressions. McCarron catalogue raisonne #70. Signed in pencil with "imp" next to the signature. In the bottom right corner is a penciled 75 and in the top right corner is a 50. The etching is framed and was taken out of the frame for condition report and photographs. The gallery label is on the back of the matte inside the frame. Dimensions without Frame: H 15 in x W 9.5 in. Artist Biography: Martin Lewis (1881-1962) was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia on 7 June 1881. He was the second of eight children and had a passion for drawing. At the age of 15, he left home and traveled in New South Wales, Australia, and in New Zealand, working as a pothole digger and a merchant seaman. He returned to Sydney and settled into a Bohemian community outside Sydney. Two of his drawings were published in the radical Sydney newspaper, The Bulletin. He studied with Julian Ashton at the Art Society's School in Sydney. Ashton, an English-born Australian artist and teacher, known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his influential art school in Sydney. In 1900, Lewis left Australia for the United States. His first job was in San Francisco, painting stage decorations...
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Spring Night Greenwich Village
By Martin Lewis
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Break in the Thunderstorm
By Martin Lewis
Located in New York, NY
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"Which Way?" Martin Lewis, Atmospheric, Snowy 1930s Setting, Outdoor Scene
By Martin Lewis
Located in New York, NY
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[Man with cigar]
By Martin Lewis
Located in Boston, MA
Initialed lower right: "M.L.". Estate stamp verso, lower left: Lucille Deming Lewis Collection. Inscribed verso, lower left: "LDL-803". In fine condition.
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Tree, Manhattan
By Martin Lewis
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Martin Lewis Original Etching, 1927 - “Shadows on the Ramp”
By Martin Lewis
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Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children.
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
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