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Étienne Martin

L'hystérie / J.M. Charcot; textes chosis et présentés par E. Trillat. Is dated [1998] and held by Wellcome Collection. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Piron.

Also recorded as Etienne Martin · Etienne-Martin · Etienne II Martin · Henry Etienne-Martin

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Identity and origins

Étienne Martin was born in 1913 at Loriol-sur-Drôme.

Étienne Martin died in 1995 at 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Étienne Martin is recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon.

Étienne Martin is recorded at birth as Étienne Clément René Martin.

Étienne Martin studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. Training under Marcel Michaud is recorded. James Benenson is recorded as having studied under Étienne Martin. The recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract art.

Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art.

Works named in the authority record are Demeurre 1, La Demeure 10 and Personnage III.

Work by Étienne Martin is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Kröller-Müller Museum, Musée de la sculpture en plein air and Middelheim Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎.

Étienne Martin was recorded at birth as Étienne Clément René Martin. The authorities additionally record the headings Etienne Martin, Etienne-Martin, Etienne II Martin, Henry Etienne-Martin and Etienne-Martin (1913-1995). His recorded language was French.

Identity

L'hystérie / J.M. Charcot; textes chosis et présentés par E. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Piron. Lithograph by C. Motte after F.

Étienne Martin is recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon.

Dated record

Life and career

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  1. 1913

    Life

    The Other is the One or the Birth of Man (recto); Untitled (verso) is dated 1956 (recto); c. 1956 (verso) and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  2. 1930

    Institution

    Arch, Midnight, dated 1930, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1954

    Demeurre 1, dated 1954, held by Musée de la sculpture en plein air.

  4. 1954

    Demeurre 1 (Musée de la sculpture en plein air).

  5. 1960

    Institution

    Demeure 3, dated 1960, held by Kröller-Müller Museum.

  6. 1961

    Institution

    Demeure N° 4 - Lanleff, dated 1961, held by Middelheim Museum.

  7. 1967

    Personnage III is dated 1967.

  8. 1968

    La Demeure 10 is dated 1968.

  9. 1977

    Institution

    Untitled #12, dated 1977, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  10. 1982

    Institution

    Sanctuary, dated 1982, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  11. 1995

    Life

    Étienne Martin died in 1995 at 13th arrondissement of Paris.

The full dated record · 11 entries

  1. 1913

    The Other is the One or the Birth of Man (recto); Untitled (verso) is dated 1956 (recto); c. 1956 (verso) and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  2. 1930

    Arch, Midnight, dated 1930, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1954

    Demeurre 1, dated 1954, held by Musée de la sculpture en plein air.

  4. 1954

    Demeurre 1 (Musée de la sculpture en plein air).

  5. 1960

    Demeure 3, dated 1960, held by Kröller-Müller Museum.

  6. 1961

    Demeure N° 4 - Lanleff, dated 1961, held by Middelheim Museum.

  7. 1967

    Personnage III is dated 1967.

  8. 1968

    La Demeure 10 is dated 1968.

  9. 1977

    Untitled #12, dated 1977, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  10. 1982

    Sanctuary, dated 1982, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  11. 1995

    Étienne Martin died in 1995 at 13th arrondissement of Paris.

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  • Loriol-sur-Drôme

    Birth place

  • 13th arrondissement of Paris

    Death place

Where the work is held

Recognition and collections

Étienne Martin received Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1930 to 1998.

  • Demeurre 1

    1954 · Musée de la sculpture en plein air

  • La Demeure 10

    1968

  • Personnage III

    1967

  • L'Un

  • Demeure N° 4 - Lanleff

    1961 · Middelheim Museum

  • Demeure miroir n° 10

    1998

  • Demeure 3

    1960 · Kröller-Müller Museum

  • Demeure 4

    1961

  • The Other is the One or the Birth of Man (recto); Untitled (verso)

    1956 (recto); c

  • 1956 (verso), pen and black ink and watercolor (recto), and pen and pale black ink (verso), on cream wove card

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Arch, Midnight, dated 1930, drypoint on cream laid paper

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Sanctuary, dated 1982, pine, maple and cherry

    The Art Institute of Chicago

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Étienne Martin studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. He trained under Marcel Michaud.

Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

His work is associated with abstract art.

He was employed by Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art. He belonged to Académie des beaux-arts and Académie de Marseille.

Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Vaugine de Nuisement, Étienne de, Vaugine/de Nuisement, Étienne and Nuisement, Étienne Vaugine De.

  • Career and activity

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