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HOMER DODGE MARTIN (1836-1897)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOMER See also:DODGE See also:MARTIN (1836-1897)  , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Albany, New See also:York, on the 28th of See also:October 1836 . A See also:pupil for a See also:short See also:time of See also:William See also:Hart, his earlier See also:work followed the lines of the See also:Hudson See also:River School . He was elected as See also:associate of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New York, in 1868, and a full academician in 1874 . During a trip to See also:Europe in 1876 he was captivated by the See also:Barbizon school, and from 1882 to 1886 he lived in See also:France spending much of the time in See also:Normandy . At Villerville he painted his " See also:Harp of the Winds," now at the See also:Metropolitan Museum of See also:Art, New York . Among his important canvases are " Westchester Hills," " Adirondack Scenery," " The Cinquebceuf See also:Church," " See also:Sand See also:Dunes," and "A See also:Newport Landscape." See also:Martin is generally spoken of as one of the See also:great trio of American landscapists, the other two being See also:Inness and See also:Wyant, and examples of his work are in most of the important American collections . He died at St . See also:Paul, See also:Minnesota, on the 2nd of See also:February 1897 .

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