Martin Linsey - Artist Info

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    Martin Louis Linsey (1915-2010)

    Obituary. The Plain Dealer, Friday, March 5, 2010

    Despite being partly color-blind, Martin Louis Linsey was a leading artist. He exhibited and sold work widely and lectured for the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    Linsey died March 3 at home Los Lunas, N.M. at age 94.

    "He had an innate feel for what to pick out of a scene," said Jay Hoffman, a long-time artist and museum colleague.

    The soft-spoken Linsey was a popular portrayer of Cleveland.

    "He loved every inch of its grit and idiosyncrasies," said Kathy Barrie, another museum colleague.Linsey painted many watercolors with narrow ranges of colors. But relatives say he did so by choice, not because of his degree o...

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