19 facts about Martin W. Kellogg

Martin W. Kellogg (July 2, 1905 – December 26, 1989) was an American portrait painter.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut at his intimates home, which had been passed next to through many generations. In his given years, he lived in Nashville. As a young person man he had lived in the Boston area where he attended the Boston Art School, and was in the Class of 1929 at Amherst College. He painted a portrait of Stephanie Zimbalist (the sister of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) when she was a youngster woman, but would not sell it to her parents as he didn’t want the picture “out there”.^{[clarification needed]} He was furthermore in the obsession of making his subjects lid any “imperfections” they might have later their clothing, because he adamantly refused to usefully paint them out.^{[citation needed]}

Some of his best-known portraits include:

He as a consequence painted several Governors of Tennessee, including Winfield Dunn, Frank G. Clement and James Nance McCord, which may be seen at the Tennessee State Museum.

In adjunct to painting, he had a passion for English setters, which he bred, raised, trained and showed in championship field dealings competitions.