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Martin, Eugene J. (Eugene James), 1938-2005

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Personal name headingMartin, Eugene J. (Eugene James), 1938-2005
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Variant(s)Martin, Eugene James, 1938-2005
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19380724
Death date20050101
Place of birthWashington (D.C.)
Place of deathLafayette (La.)
Profession or occupationPainters
Found inArtist Eugene J. Martin's 2003-04 acrylic paintings on canvas, c2010: t.p. (Eugene J. Martin) p. 103 (Eugene James Martin; b. 24 July 1938 in Washington, D.C.; d. 1 Jan. 2005 in Lafayette, La.; African American visual artist)
African American National Biography, accessed February 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Martin, Eugene James; painter; born 24 July 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; artist who created small pen-and-ink or pencil drawings during the day in outside parks, libraries, the airport, or restaurants (1960); abandoned realism and created a personal abstract art called satirical abstract, an outside of the mainstream style; pursued abstract work in genres as black and white ink, ink and bamboo stick, and graphite drawings; experimented with collage, using pieces of previous works to create new ones (1970s and 1980s); worked with acrylic on canvas (1990s); died 01 January 2005 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States)