Martin Petersen (1866-1956)
Martin Petersen was born in Denmark in 1866 and settled in New Jersey in 1884. He studied at the National Academy of Design and for fifty years supported himself as an anatomical artist for the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Despite the loss of one arm in a sugar mill accident as a boy, he produced a large body of etched work in the tradition of John Sloan and Reginald Marsh, and painted landscapes and figure subjects. He received numerous awards during his career and his work today is found in many museum collections. In 1905, he won the third Hallgarten prize at an exhibition of the National Academy of Design, where he also studied. He resided in New York City and was part of the Ash Can School movement.
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