Eugene J. Martin
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Eugene James Martin (July 24, 1938 – January 1, 2005) was an
visual artist
.
Art
Eugene J. Martin's art is best known for his imaginative, complex
pen and ink drawings, and his paintings on paper and canvas that may incorporate whimsical allusions to animal, machine and structural imagery among areas of "pure", constructed, biomorphic, or disciplined lyrical abstraction. Martin called many of his works straddling both abstraction and representation "satirical abstracts".[1]
He did not create sculptures.
Life
Eugene James Martin was born on
honorably discharged
.
After attending the individualist
throughout his life. His art defies categorization.
While spending most of his life in Washington, D.C., Martin briefly lived in
brain hemorrhage and stroke while in Belgium. After undergoing physical therapy in Lafayette, Louisiana, he resumed painting and continued creating art until his death there.[3]
Gallery
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I Am Not a Mockingbird, 1978 -
Dancing Stringbean, 1987 -
Joyful Abstraction, 1991 -
Untitled, 2003
Collections
Eugene Martin's works of art can be found in numerous private art collections throughout the world, and are included in the permanent collection of the
Birmingham, AL
.
References
- ^ Seven American Artists: Eugene Martin Interview with Dean King, 1985 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Vinouze, Marie. "Martin, Eugene James." African American National Biography, edited by Ed. Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Oxford African American Studies Center
- ^ Eugene James Martin in artnet Monographs
- ^ Eugene James Martin in AskArt
- ^ Artists Rights Society website: American Artists Represented by ARS Archived 2004-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
An exhibit "Beyond Black" featuring
Ed Clark, Eugene Martin and John T. Scott opened at the LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts
, Baton Rouge, LA on Jan. 28-May 8, 2011.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to Eugene J. Martin.
- Eugene Martin's web site
- Videoclips highlighting the art of Eugene Martin
- Eugene James Martin collection in ARTstor
- Artsy Institutional Partner: Works by the Eugene James Martin Estate in the Permanent Collection of Select Museums
- Eugene James Martin is represented by Maus Contemporary
- Eugene James Martin is represented by Galerie Zlotowski in Paris, France Archived 2020-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
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