Keith Morrow Martin
Landscape with White Sands
1951
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Keith Morrow Martin
Landscape with White Sands
1951
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 32 x 41 3/4 x 4 in. (81.3 x 106 x 10.2 cm) Sight: 24 1/2 x 34 3/8 in. (62.2 x 87.3 cm)
Credit Line
1952 Maryland Artists Exhibition Purchase Prize
Object Number
1952.24
Dunes, grasses, a fence, a fragment of boardwalk, and vibrant sun are rendered in shimmering planes of color. By 1952, artist Keith M. Martin had served with the U.S. Army during World War II (1939–1945) as a camouflage engineer, moving in 1948 to Baltimore where he spent the remainder of his artistic career. The type of landscape Martin depicted here suggests the barrier islands of Maryland and Virginia such as Fenwick, Assateague, and Chincoteague. These low- lying beaches are threatened today by the storms and rising sea levels caused by climate change.
Sona Johnston and Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Maryland Artists from the Collection, 1890-1970,' April 24-October 27, 2002.
Artist
Keith Morrow Martin
1910–1982
born Lincoln, NE 1911; died Cockeysville, MD 1983
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