About Joseph De Martini

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Joseph DeMartini, Joseph Martini
  • Biography

    Joseph de Martini was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1896. The son of a fisherman, de Martini had education that ended with grammar school. He moved to New York City where he studied art at the National Academy of Design with Leon Kroll and Ivan Olinsky, as well as at the Art Students League.

    Known for his paintings of interiors, cities, rivers, boats, and the coast, de Martini often traveled to Monhegan Island, Maine to paint.

    He exhibited extensively, although at the end of his career he stopped showing his work in order to devote his time completely to painting. He displayed his work at numerous museums and galleries including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (1940-1953) where he won a gold medal in 1952, the ...

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