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Fletcher Martin

Fletcher Martin (1904 - 1979) was active/lived in California, Colorado.  Fletcher Martin is known for Painter-genre, sport, war illustration.

Born in Palisade, Colorado, a small western town where his father ran the newspaper, Fletcher Martin was a self-taught artist, best known for his painting of western subjects. He worked as a painter, muralist, and illustrator.

Martin grew up in a family that moved to towns throughout the West.  He showed an early interest in art, primarily from circus posters and amateur painters.  At age 12, he began working as a printer, and after dropping out of high school, had various jobs including lumberjack and professional boxer.  In Seattle, where he worked for Western Show Print, he specialized in big, gaudy outdoor posters.

From 1922 to 1926, he served in the Navy and then settled in Los Angeles where he had a job with Earl Hays printers.  He had a long-time interest in boxing and did many paintings of that activity.  He also assisted Mexican painter Siqueiros with a large mural and created a design for a Post Office mural in Kellogg, Ida   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5704 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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