id: 150107 accession number: 1980.309 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.309 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:46.145000 The Texan, 1960. Martin Linsey (American, 1915–2010). Gelatin silver print; image: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Martin Linsey 1980.309 title: The Texan title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1960 creation date earliest: 1960 creation date latest: 1960 current location: creditline: Gift of Martin Linsey copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Martin Linsey (American, 1915–2010) - artist Martin Linsey (American,1915-2010) Although Martin Linsey worked as both painter and photographer, he is perhaps best known for his watercolor landscapes of England, the Bahamas, New England, Florida, and Cleveland. Linsey (born in Cleveland) studied at the Cleveland School of Art (1935-38) and went on to the University of Miami (B.Ed., 1951) and Western Reserve University (M.A. in art history, 1952). A member of the Cleveland Society of Artists, he exhibited regularly, with works in group shows at the Art Institute of Chicago (1940), the Cincinnati Art Museum (1941), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (1942), and the Butler Art Institute, Youngstown (1941, 1942, 1946), and was a regular participant (1938-86) in the Cleveland Museum of Art's May Show, a regional juried exhibition. For 20 years (1960-80), he worked in the education department at the Cleveland Museum of Art. A self-taught photographer who started taking pictures as a hobby during art school, Linsey began working commercially after opening a painting studio during the early 1940s. Using a 4 x 5-inch format camera, he has illustrated catalogues and articles, produced industrial and architectural images for corporate clients, and recorded historical monuments in the Cleveland area. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including Progressive Architecture, the Illustrated London News, and Antiques World. From 1982-87 Linsey was the photographer for the Phoenix Art Museum. A.W.
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. --- measurements: Image: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black felt pen on verso: " 'The Texan' / 1st PRIZE, PHOTOGRAPHY / MAY SHOW 1960 / CLEVE. MUS.OF ART"; in pencil on verso: "$25oo" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The May Show: 42nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen opening date: 1960-05-04T04:00:00 The May Show: 42nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 4-June 12, 1960). title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Martin Linsey Entry Card to 1960 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS12351 Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 223 url: Linsey, Martin. Martin Linsey photograph collection of Cleveland monuments. 1977. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/linsey/fa_mlp_index.php --- IMAGES