Fletcher Martin

Fletcher Martin (1904-1979)

Fletcher Martin was active and lived in California and Colorado. Fletcher Martin is known for painter-genre, sport and war illustration. Martin was born in Colorado in a small western town where his father ran the newspaper. Fletcher Martin was a self-taught artist who became best known for his paintings of western subjects. Martin also worked as a painter, muralist and illustrator.

For a few years in 1922-1926 Fletcher served in the Navy and settled on a job with Earl Hays printers. He had a long time interest in boxing, and did many paintings of that activity. In 1938, he began a teaching career in art schools in California including Mills College, Otis Art Institute, and Claremont College.