David stone

In the world of jazz there is one artist collected the world over who has never played an instrument not even a note of music but has left his mark on the jazz culture. Illustrator David Stone Martin (1913 – 1992) was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, with his signature hand-sketched graphics with two or three primary colours, perfectly capturing the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom. For biographical notes on Martin see part 1. For earlier…

I think I've often admired the work of American artist David Stone-Martin, but I haven't known his name or the full extent of his influence on postwar graphic design and illustration. He is most closely associated with the illustrations he...

Now as you may have gathered, here at VoEA we are big fans of the format that is vinyl records. There are many reasons that we won’t go into today but one of them is definitely the cover art. Not all vinyl records have fantastic cover art, in fact many don’t, but when it is [&hellip

View The Drummer, Buddy Rich (1980) By David Stone Martin; lithograph; 19 x 15 1/2 in (48.2 x 39.3 cm); Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

The Art of Drawing with Pencil, Pen and Brush (©1973 by M. Grumbacher, Inc. Designed & produced by Lester Rossin Associates Inc.)

The Jazz Scene. Down Beat Ad (December 2,1949) Illustration: David Stone Martin.

the object : Album cover the musician: Meade Lux Lewis the title: Cat house piano the designer : David Stone Martin the date : 1955 t...

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Art by David Stone Martin