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Eugene Martin

Eugene James Martin (1938 - 2005) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, Louisiana.  Eugene Martin is known for Painting-abstraction, collage.

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The following biography, submitted October 2012, is from Suzanne Fredericq, widow of the artist.

Of his art, visual artist Eugene Martin has said: "There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer… perception versus annoyance.  There is the obvious and there is that which defies explanation.  To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real".  Martin's personal, often gently humorous works may incorporate whimsical allusions to animal and machine among areas of pure abstraction, but his art is difficult to classify.  
 
Eugene J. Martin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1938, and after the age of five grew up in foster care both in D.C. and on a farm in Clarksburg, Maryland.  After being honorably dismissed from the Navy, he enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. from 1960-1963, and became a full-time visu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3156 characters.]  Artist bio

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