[1] Noel Martin was born on April 19, 1922, in Syracuse, Ohio, and moved to Cincinnati when he was a boy.

His education was interrupted by World War II, when he spent time in the Air Force working in camouflage.

[4] Foreign exhibitions have included those of the U.S. Information Agency in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S.S.R., and also at the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz; Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris; and the Grafiska Institute, Stockholm.

Martin's work is represented in public collections in New York, Boston, Washington, Cincinnati, and Amsterdam.

[1] He lectured at the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, Aspen Design Conference, and schools and organizations throughout the country.