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BERNARD MARTIN
Currently this page is focused on his "wave" paintings. We are currently working on a more comprehensive page which we will upload soon and together with his son Cade, we look forward to showing some of these old(er) works from his decades long career. Bernard like most artists was only interested in exhibiting his newest works, so many of these works haven't shown in Richmond since the years they were made.
Blue, Pink Wave
Mixed media on canvas/mesh, 69h x 94w in
Purple, Pink Wave
Mixed media on canvas/mesh, 69h x 94w in
Green, Gray Wave
Mixed Media on Canvas/Mesh, 68"h x 94 w
Blue, Aqua Wave
Mixed media on canvas/mesh, 69h x 94w in
Green, Pink Wave
Mixed Media on Canvas/Mesh 69"h x 94"w
Blue, Orange Wave
Mixed media on canvas/mesh, 69h x 94w in
Green, Yellow Wave
Mixed Media on Canvas/Mesh 69"h x 94"w
Yellow, Green Wave
Mixed media on canvas/mesh, 69h x 94w in
Born in Ferrum, Virginia on June 21, 1935, Bernard Martin received his MFA at Hunter College in 1962 , and his BFA at RPI (pre-VCU) in 1959. He passed away Christmas Eve, 2021.
He was professor emeritus of art at Virginia Commonwealth University where he was the first chair of the Department of Painting and Printmaking from 1966 to 1992. Martin has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout it decades long career, including three separate traveling exhibitions with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Since 1965, Martin has exhibited in over 200 national and international group exhibitions. He has been the recipient of two Fellowships with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and the Pollak Lifetime Achievement Award. Martin’s work is part of several public collections including –The Smithsonian National Collection of Art, Washington, D.C., the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Martin created two novel covers of esteemed writer, Tom Robbins and is part of many private collections.
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