Martha Diamond

[3] Her father, a doctor, inspired her interest in light, space, and structure in the city while taking her on drives to see his patients.

[6] She was included in the 1989 Whitney Biennial,[11] her cityscapes were described in the catalog for the show as "spectral abstractions of the city, looming in a charged atmosphere enriched by her free color sense.

[13] The paintings in her 1988 exhibition at Robert Miller were described in The New York Times as "deceptively simple, full of hidden skills and decisions that only gradually reveal themselves."

[15] The New Yorker critic Peter Schjeldahl wrote in 2018, "Diamond romances the town in darting and slashing strokes," her buildings "as zestfully urbane as the perambulatory poems of Frank O’Hara.

"[17] Diamond was one of several New York painters who spent time in Maine during the summer months and developed a long-term association with the state.

[7] Diamond also supported artistic programming by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Goddard-Riverside Community Center.