Henri André Martin - Artist Info

About Henri André Martin

  • Biography

    Henri-André Martin (1918–2004) was a French physician, surgeon, and painter known for his landscapes, still lifes, figurative compositions, and pointillist-style paintings. Born in Lyon, France, he spent much of his childhood in Saint-Étienne and the Bresse region. Although he developed an early passion for painting, he pursued medicine under family influence, graduating from the Faculty of Medicine in Lyon in 1946. He went on to establish a distinguished medical career as an otolaryngologist, specializing in otology, and eventually became director of the university clinic at Édouard-Herriot Hospital in Lyon. He retired from medicine in 1985.

    His artistic vocation was encouraged by painters Joseph Lamberton, Henry Grosjean, and Pierr...

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