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Birth
1904 (Palisade, Colorado)
Death
1979 (New York, New York)
Lived/Active
California
Self portrait - Fletcher Martin - Self Portrait
Often Known For
painter-genre, sport, war illustration
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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
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