Knox Martin Sr., a painter, poet, and early test pilot, was the first man to fly over the Andes mountains.

[1] Six years after his marriage, Martin Sr. was fatally injured in an automobile accident in Watertown, New York.

[3] After serving in the United States Coast Guard[4] during World War II, Martin attended the Art Students League of New York on the G.I.

Bill from 1946 to 1950, where he studied with Harry Sternberg,[5] Vaclav Vytlacil,[6] Will Barnet,[7] and Morris Kantor.

In 1954, Martin's friend Franz Kline placed a painting of his in the Stable Gallery Annual.

The feminine, curvilinear shapes of the image are in direct contrast with the straight forms that intersect the composition.

The overwhelming size of this enormous mural only intensifies the experience of female shapes, the linear aspects of the painted composition, and of the surrounding architecture.

[33] Martin gave a master class at the Art Students League of New York for over 45 years.

[35] September 15 to November 13, 2010, Martin had a one-man show of his Black and White Paintings at Woodward Gallery in New York City.