GERALD MARTIN
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$175 It's Quiet Here signed (label on verso) 1965 ink wash 7.5" x 10.25"
$100 Fifi La Rue signed lithograph on rice paper 1/12 12.75" x 14"
$200 Adam signed lithograph 1/8 21.5" x 13"
SOLD Rare complete set of 6 unframed lithographs each one is signed by the artist: Gerald Martin, Jerry Rudquist, Brian Leo, Carl Grupp, Gordon Mortenson, and Hugh Kappel each one is #44 out of a limited edition of 100 lithographs each one is 11" x 15" and the package includes the original packing and a Minneapolis Star newspaper article by Don Morrison
SOLD Wart Hog signed lithograph 23" x 17.5"
SOLD lithograph
SOLD Allegory of Pathos signed print 2/4
SOLD Robe with Model Lithograph 4/20
SOLD Ozma signed mixed media 6.5" x 6.5
SOLD Ham Lynas signed hand colored lithograph 16" x 12.5"
Gerald E. Martin (1941-2025)
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Gerald Martin was born in Des Moines Iowa in 1941. He graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1964 with a BFA degree, majoring in printmaking. He was influenced by faculty such as Hugh Kappel, Birney Quick, Paul Olson, and Dave Nye Brown. He received an M.A. degree in education from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN in 1977.
Beginning in 1964, he exhibited extensively in galleries, art centers, and colleges. His work is in many public and private collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. He also exhibited in many juried art shows.
Martin taught numerous times at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Macalester University in St. Paul, MN, Anderson University in Anderson, IN, St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN, and St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, MN. He also conducted extensive seminars in stone lithography at many colleges and art centers as an extension of the Martin Graphic Workshop in Minneapolis, MN.
In 1967, he designed and produced the Martin Stone Lithography Press. He then began to produce hand-printed editions for many area artists, in addition to his own work. This became the Martin Graphic Workshop. Out of the workshop grew The Martin Gallery in Minneapolis, which exhibited work by many artists in addition to the workshop product from 1968 - 1974.
As an artist, Martin explained that his imagery usually began from “life drawing,” but the end product was greatly informed by things such as poetry, music, movies, and the Bible. Georges Rouault, Max Beckman, Vachel Lindsey, Robert Frost, Frederico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Carl Barks, Country Blues, and English ballads were favorite thematic influences.
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Gerald passed away on January 8, 2025.
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