Original Knox Martin Drawing, "The Embrace"

Knox Martin- ''The Embrace''- graphite on paper

Hand signed in pencil

This unique, original Knox Martin drawing measures 8 1/4 inches x 8 1/4 inches. It is gently affixed to white matting, ready to be framed.

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Knox Martin was born in 1923 
in Barranquilla, Colombia. He is the 
son of the aviator, painter, and poet 
William Knox Martin, the first man to fly over the Andes mountains.

After serving in World War II, Knox 
Martin attended the Art Students 
League of New York on the G.I. Bill 
from 1946-1950, where he studied 
with Harry Sternberg, Vaclav Vytlacil, Will Barnet, and Morris 
Kantor.

In 1954, Knox Martin's friend Franz Kline placed a painting of his in the Stable GalleryAnnual.

Charles Egan of the renowned Charles Egan Gallery saw Knox Martin's painting at the Stable Gallery and asked Martin to show his work in a one-man show for the tenth anniversary of the Egan Gallery.

Since then, Knox Martin has been a celebrated painter, sculptor and muralist. Knox Martin has an extensive exhibition record and his work is in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide. His two best-known murals in NYC are Venus and Woman with Bicycle. Knox Martin has been the recipient of many grants and awards, most recently the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal, awarded by the Artists’ Fellowship “for the achievement of exceptional artistic merit.”

Knox Martin has led a distinguished career teaching art. He taught at Yale Graduate School of the Arts, New York University, University of Minnesota, International School of Art in Umbria, Italy, and currently gives Master classes at the Art Students League of New York. 

Knox Martin lives and works in New York City.