Martin was not appreciated during his lifetime. The few pictures that he did manage to sell were purchased by his friends. Today few of his important pictures can be bought at any price.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 1, No. 26, SERIAL No. 26
AN OLD CLEARING By A. H. WYANT
Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTERS
A. H. Wyant
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Many a great artist has begun life in some distasteful branch of trade. Wyant worked for a harness maker. He was born and brought up at Port Washington, Ohio, and though he is said to have sketched flowers and leaves on the kitchen floor during his childhood, and later to have used his spare time in sign painting, he had no real opportunity either of showing his own talent or of seeing pictures by other artists until he was nearly twenty.