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  • David Stone Martin was a graphic designer best known for his commercial album covers of the postwar era—he produced more than 400 of them, many devoted to jazz.
  • Born David Livingstone Martin in Chicago in 1913, he later studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and began his career as an assistant to the social realist.

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    David Stone Martin (1913–1992), born David Livingstone Martin, was an influential American artist best known for his illustrations on jazzrecord albums.

    He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was greatly influenced by the line art of Ben Shahn. By 1950, Martin had produced more than 100 covers for Mercury, Disc and Dial record albums. Many assignments came from his long time friend, record producer Norman Granz.

    David Stone Martin (1913-1992) is an artist who was born in Chicago and attended the School of the Art Institute for two years.

    For various companies, Martin eventually created illustrations for more than 400 record albums. Many of these were simply line art combined with a single color. Martin's favorite tool was a crowquill pen which enabled him to do delicate line work.

    CBS-TV art director William Golden gave Martin many print ad assignments during the 1950s, and Martin soon expanded into illustration for Seventeen, The Saturday Evening Post and other slic