| Born 1922 | |
| 1934-39 | Educated Govan High School. |
| 1940-42 | Glasgow School of Art. |
| 1942-46 | RAF instrument mechanic in Trichinopoly, Southern India. |
| 1946 | Instructor in art under the Forces Educational and Vocational Training Scheme. |
| 1946-48 | Glasgow School of Art under David Donaldson. Meets the painter Isobel Smith at Glasgow School of Art. |
| 1948-9 | Jordanhill Teacher Training College. |
| 1949-59 | Studied design at evening classes with Robert Stewart, GSA. |
| 1949 | Elected Professional Member SSA. |
| 1952 | Marries Isobel Smith. Moves to Eaglesham. |
| 1956 | Design for Fabric selected by Arts Council for inclusion in an exhibition in the Design Centre, Glasgow, Printed by Gayonne Fabrics Ltd. |
| 1959 | Elected member of Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. |
| 1961 | Elected Member of Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. |
| 1973-83 | Principal Teacher of Art, Hamilton Grammar School. Elected Member of Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. |
| 1983 | Retires from teaching. |
| 1986 | Meets Marc Chagall in Glasgow. |
| 1991 | Member SAAC. |
| 1993 | Elected Honorary Member of Society of Scottish Artists. |
| Selected solo exhibitions | |
| 1965 | Stone Gallery, Newcastle. |
| 1979 | Strathclyde University. |
| 1983 | Fair Maids Gallery, Perth. |
| 1984 | Gallery 22, Cupar, Fife. |
| 1985 & '90 | Torrance Gallery. |
| 1991 | Kingfisher Gallery. |
| 1992 | Thackeray Gallery, London. |
| 1994 | Thackeray Gallery, London. Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 1995 | JohnMartin Gallery, London. The Fosse Gallery. |
| 1997 | John Martin Gallery, London. |
| 1998 | Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 1999 | ‘David Martin Paintings 1948-99’, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, John Martin Gallery, London. |
| 2000 | John Martin Gallery, London. |
| 2001 | Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 2002 | 'Eightieth Birthday Exhibition', John Martin Gallery. |
| 2003 | 'Landscapes', John Martin Chelsea. |
| 2004 | 'David Martin, Rhythm and Hues', John Martin Gallery. Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 2005 | 'New Work', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro. John Martin Gallery, London. Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 2006 | John Martin Gallery, London. Roger Billcliffe Fine Art. |
| 2007 | Lemon Street Gallery, Truro. |
| 2009 | Lemon Street Gallery, Truro. |
Group exhibitions
David Martin has exhibited annually since1948 at the Royal Scottish
Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute. He has also exhibited at the
Royal Academy; the Mall Galleries; Bath Contemporary Art Fair;
William Hardie Gallery; Thackeray Gallery; Torrance Gallery;
‘41 Gallery; The Shore Gallery, Leith; Roger Billcliffe Fine Art;
The Macauley Gallery; The Hunting Art Prize exhibition 1996;
Glasgow Art Fair; Singer Friedlander; the 20th Century British Art Fair;
Albany Gallery; Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath; Lemon Street Gallery, Truro;
Richmond Hill Gallery, London; Everard Reid Gallery, Johannesburg;
Red Rag Gallery; Compass Gallery; Smith Gallery, Dunblane;
Lalique, Madison Avenue, New York; and the Chelsea Gallery, Palo Alto,
California.
With John Martin he has participated in exhibitions at The Miami Art Fair
1996; ‘On a Grand Scale’ 1997; ‘Fifty and One’ 1997; 'Art International',
New York, 1998; various Christmas Shows, 1998; The London
Contemporary Art Fair, 1995-99; 'Discerning Eye' at the Mall Galleries,
London 2000; 'Connections', 2000, for members and guests of the RSA,
annually at Lemon Street Gallery, Truro since 1999 in both christmas and
summer mixed shows, and with them at the London Art Fair.
Collections
The Scottish Arts Council; Scottish Television; City of Edinburgh Art Collection;
Edinburgh Corporation; Robert Fleming & Company; Perth Museum
and Art Gallery; East Kilbride Town Council; Education Authorities of Edinburgh,
Argyll, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire; the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock;
Clydesdale Bank; Warburg Asset Management; Credit Lyonnais, London;
The Earl of Moray; Dr T Shimizu; Lord MacFarlane; Lord Goold; Linklater &
Paines, London.
Bibliography
Dictionary of International Biography.
The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, Paul Harris and Julian Halsby.
The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945, David Buckman.
Paintings from the Clydesdale Bank Collection, Patrick Bourne.
Scottish Watercolour Painting, Jack Firth.
The Artist magazine, April 1994 & May 1995.
Oils Master Class, Sally Bulgin.
Debrett’s Distinguished People of Today.
Who’s Who in Scotland.
Who’s Who in Europe.
Matthew Draper
in series
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