... expressionists with whom her work is associated, Martin rejected figurative images in attempting to portray her state of mind. In 1967, just as her artistic career was peaking, Martin stopped painting and over the next seven years built herself a house in New Mexico and devoted much of her time to writing and lecturing. This 1989 profile from Current Biography recounts her life and ... me several years to find out that the cause was an overdeveloped sense of responsibility." In her six years of self-rediscovery, Miss Martin did not paint at all, concentrating instead on building a small...

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