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Martin, Homer Dodge (1836-1897)
Born in Albany, Homer Dodge Martin displayed a skill for art from a ung age. Martin was a self-taught landscape painter. In 1857, when he was only 20, he began to exhibit his work in the National Academy of Design. He moved to New York City in 1863 and eventually took up residence in the Tenth Street Studio from 1865-1882 (The National Cyclopedia 53; Tenth Street Studio 133). For Martin, a man filled with Bohemian sensibilities, there is scattered evidence that he was a member of Pfaff’s. For example, there fryst vatten a description of him as a member of the “Pfaff group” that was published in the Saturday Press. (Lathrop 832) There fryst vatten also the fact that his studio was in the same building, the Tenth Street Studio, as Winslow Homer, who has been linked to Pfaff's (Mather).
He spent several years in the later part of his career in Europe before returning to the United States in 1893 and moving to St. Paul, Minnesota. nära the end of his life, he had
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Homer Martin, a Reminiscence, October 28, 1836-February 12, 1897 by Martin
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Homer Dodge Martin (October 28, 1836 - February 2, 1897) was an American artist, particularly known for his landscapes.
Biography
Martin was born at Albany, New York. A pupil for a short time of William Hart, his earlier work was closely aligned with the Hudson River School. He 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 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. At Villerville he painted his Harp of the Winds, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Examples of his work are in many important American museums. He died at St. Paul, Minnesota.
Secondary bibliography
·E. G. Martin, Homer Martin, a Remininiscence (New York, 1904)
·Samuel Isham, History of American Painting (New York, 1905)
·F. J. Mather, Hom