David Stone Martin, ca. April 1947, photo by William P. Gottlieb . David Stone Martin , born David Livingstone Martin (June 13, 1913 – March 6, 1992 in New London, Connecticut )[ 1] illustrations on jazz record albums .[ 2] [ 3]
Biography
Poster featuring Navy Cross recipient
Dorie Miller , created by David Stone Martin for the Office of War Information (1943)
Poster by Martin for the OWI (1942)
David Stone Martin was born June 13, 1913, in Chicago and attended evening classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago . He was greatly influenced by the line art of Ben Shahn .[citation needed During World War II, Martin was an art director for the United States Office of War Information .[ 4] Mercury , Asch , Disc and Dial record albums. Many assignments came from his longtime friend, record producer Norman Granz .[ 5]
For various companies, Martin eventually created illustrations for more than 400 record albums. Many of these were simply line art combined with a single color. Martin's favorite tool was a crowquill pen which enabled him to do delicate line work. CBS-TV art director William Golden gave Martin many print ad assignments during the 1950s, and Martin soon expanded into illustration for Seventeen The Saturday Evening Post [ 5] Roosevelt, New Jersey , near his home there.[ 5] [ 6]
Martin is represented in the Museum of Modern Art , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian Institution .
Martin was the husband of muralist Thelma Martin, who painted the post office mural for the facility in Sweetwater, Tennessee .[ 7] Tony Martin .[ 3] [ 3]
Notable album covers
All or Nothing at All Verve The Astaire Story Clef Billie Holiday Sings Bird & Diz Buddy and Sweets Harry "Sweets" Edison and Buddy Rich , Norgran An Evening with Billie Holiday Jazz Giant Lester Young Trio Mercury Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio Love Is a Gentle Thing RCA Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell Piano Solos Piano Solos #2 Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich Struggle Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio The Tal Farlow Album , Tal Farlow, Norgran[ 8] These Are the Blues Toshiko's Piano Urbanity
Time magazine covers
References
^ http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/98952808/David-Martin [permanent dead link ] ^ Detailed biographical information is spread throughout the book White Collar Radicals by Aaron D. Purcell, University of Tennessee Press 2009.
^ a b c Bruce Lambert (9 March 1992). "David Stone Martin, 78, an Artist Who Specialized in Jazz Albums" The New York Times . Retrieved 1 April 2022 . ^ "Dorie Miller (1919–1943)" . National Portrait Gallery . Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .^ a b c Peng, Leif. Today's Inspiration , October 2008. ^ Staff. "History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey" , Rutgers University Libraries. Accessed February 14, 2011.
^ Hull, Howard (1996). Tennessee Post Office Murals ISBN 978-1-57072-030-7 ^ AllMusic: The Tal Farlow Album
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