Homer Dodge Martin

October 28, 1836 (age 61)

Albany, New York, United States of America

Examples of Martin"s work are in many important American museums. A pupil for a short time of William Hart, his earlier work was closely aligned with the Hudson River School. During the 1860s he spent the summers in the Adirondacks, Catskills and White Mountains, and painted landscapes from the sketches he made there at his studio in New York City"s Tenth Street Studio Building. Martin was elected as associate of the National Academy of Design, New York, in 1868, and a full academician in 1874. During a trip to Europe in 1876, he was captivated by the Barbizon school and the Impressionists, and thereafter his painting style gradually became darker, moodier, and more loosely brushed. From 1882 to 1886, he lived in France, spending much of the time in Normandy, including stays at the Etaples art colony. His work there included a topographical view of the harbor in which a wooden hulled ship is being built in the distance and a steam ship is seen moored on the quays. The rather more atmospheric Cottage in the Forest captures the effect of the parting sun on the dune landscape. At Villerville on the Seine, he painted his celebrated Harp of the Winds, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Artist By 1897 Martin had returned to New York City. In 1893 he moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota where, nearly blind, he painted one of his best-known works, Adirondack Scenery (1895) from memory. He died on February 12, 1897 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Although never successful within his lifetime, within two years of his death Adirondack Scenery sold for $5500 and Harp of the Winds (1895) was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Artist

Homer Dodge Martin

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Background

Martin, Homer Dodge was born on October 28, 1836 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Homer and Sarah (Dodge) Martin.

Career

Examples of Martin"s work are in many important American museums. A pupil for a short time of William Hart, his earlier work was closely aligned with the Hudson River School. During the 1860s he spent the summers in the Adirondacks, Catskills and White Mountains, and painted landscapes from the sketches he made there at his studio in New York City"s Tenth Street Studio Building.

Martin was elected as associate of the National Academy of Design, New York, in 1868, and a full academician in 1874.

During a trip to Europe in 1876, he was captivated by the Barbizon school and the Impressionists, and thereafter his painting style gradually became darker, moodier, and more loosely brushed. From 1882 to 1886, he lived in France, spending much of the time in Normandy, including stays at the Etaples art colony.

His work there included a topographical view of the harbor in which a wooden hulled ship is being built in the distance and a steam ship is seen moored on the quays. The rather more atmospheric Cottage in the Forest captures the effect of the parting sun on the dune landscape.

At Villerville on the Seine, he painted his celebrated Harp of the Winds, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Artist

By 1897 Martin had returned to New York City. In 1893 he moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota where, nearly blind, he painted one of his best-known works, Adirondack Scenery (1895) from memory. He died on February 12, 1897 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Although never successful within his lifetime, within two years of his death Adirondack Scenery sold for $5500 and Harp of the Winds (1895) was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Artist

Achievements

Homer Dodge Martin has been listed as a notable painter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Century Club, New York City, 1866.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Gilbert Davis, June 21, 1861, several children including Ralph.

Father:: Homer Martin
Mother:: Sarah (Dodge) Martin
Spouse:: Elizabeth Gilbert Davis

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