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artist educator muralist painter sculptor

Knox Martin, American artist and educator.

Major Grants and Awards: Gottlieb Foundation Grant; two (2) Pollock-Krasner Grants; Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal, Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.; Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts; C.A.P.S. Grant, New York State Council for the Arts; three (3) Longview Fellowships; Member, National Academy of Design.

Background

Martin, Knox was born on February 12, 1923 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Son of William Knox Martin and Isabel Vieco.

Education

Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1946—1950.

Career

Professor of art Yale Graduate School, New Haven, 1965—1971, New York University, New York City, 1967, University of Minnesota, 1972, International School of Art, Monte Castillo de Vibio, Italy, 1990—1992. Instructor Art Students League, New York City, since 1972.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Commissioned works, Citywalls, 1970, 1979, Neiman-Marcus, White Plains, New York, 1980, John Wayne School, Brooklyn, 1982.

Membership

Member of National Academy Art.

Connections

Married Isabel Garmendia (deceased 2010). Children: Alma Carey, Olivia Korringa, Jonathan D. Martin.

Father:
William Knox Martin

Mother:
Isabel Vieco

Spouse:
Isabel Garmendia

child:
Olivia Korringa Martin

child:
Jonathan D. Martin

child:
Alma Carey Martin