1. Martha Jackson was an American art dealer, gallery owner, and collector.
17 Facts About Martha Jackson
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Martha Jackson was born into two prominent Buffalo families, the daughter of Cyrena and Howard Kellogg.
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Martha Jackson had two brothers, Spencer Kellogg II and Howard Kellogg, Jr.
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Martha Jackson attended Smith College from 1925 to 1928 where she studied English.
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Martha Jackson moved to Baltimore during the war where she studied art history at Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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In 1949, following her interest in making art, Martha Jackson moved to New York to attend the Hans Hofmann School of Art.
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Martha Jackson was married to John Anderson of Buffalo with whom she had two children, Cyrena and David.
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Martha Jackson was married a second time to attorney David Jackson of Buffalo from 1940 to 1949.
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Martha Jackson died at age 62 at her Mandeville Canyon home in Brentwood, Los Angeles on July 4,1969, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while swimming in her pool.
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Martha Jackson is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY.
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Martha Jackson championed American artist from beyond the New York region, like Morris Louis in the 1950s, and Ed McGowin in the 1960s.
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Martha Jackson worked with Julian Stanczak, and the gallery's 1964 exhibition of his paintings led to the coining of the term "Op Art" by Time Magazine.
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Around the same time, Martha Jackson established Red Parrot Films, a production company that made documentaries on art and artists.
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Martha Jackson remained connected to her home town of Buffalo, NY and worked with Seymour Knox Jr.
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Artworks from the Martha Jackson Collection were exhibited at the National Museum of American Art in 1985.
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Prints from Martha Jackson's collection were exhibited in "Martha Jackson Graphics" at the University of Buffalo Anderson Gallery in 2015.
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Martha Jackson is portrayed in the 2022 Geraldine Brooks best seller historic novel, Horse, based upon the life of the race horse Lexington.