Untitled (Adam and Eve)

Fred Martin

Fred Martin studied at the University of California at Berkeley where he received his B.A. degree in 1949 and M.A. degree in 1954. While at Berkeley, Martin studied under Erle Loran, Glenn Wessels, and Margaret O'Hagan. He later studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco with David Park, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still.

Martin launched his career in San Francisco’s North Beach, exhibiting at the city’s avant-garde galleries including the Beat Generation gallery 'The Six', in San Francisco's North Beach, the gallery where Allan Ginsberg first read 'Howl'. He also exhibited at the Spatsa, and Dilexi, all of which prioritized artistic and personal exploration over identification with established artistic movements or financial success.

This preliminary work was done as a lithograph and then was hand colored with gouache in anticipation of creating an edition. This coloring and the image was not used as an edition, this being the only impression.