Artist
Martin Barooshian
American, 1929–2022
Martin Barooshian was an American artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Martin Barooshian was born in Chelsea.
Martin Barooshian was an American painter and printmaker. He is known for his ability to weave a tapestry of art historical influences with modernist elements and a contemporary sensibility. His work frequently dances the line of Surrealism and Expressionism, often with a pop and op art edge, incorporating aspects of primitive, Romantic, and Renaissance art. He has worked in a wide variety of media from miniature etchings to oversized oils on canvas. These have included woodcuts, lithographs, etchings and engravings with aquatint and soft ground, monotypes, gouache and watercolor paintings, and oils. He is also known for his technical skill and innovation.
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