While Martin Mull Achieved Fame as a Comedian, Painting Was His ‘Absolute True Love’
His pictures outclass most of what is passed off nowadays as significant art.
The majority of young people who study art in college have to contend with that most vexing of all entities upon receiving their diplomas: the real world. How do you keep a roof over your head and still find the wherewithal to pursue one’s metier? Though the likelihood of garnering a living income through one’s art isn’t unheard of, it is more the exception than the rule.
Martin Mull, who died last Thursday at age 80, took a curious route upon receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. He became a comedian — a calling only marginally more viable, economically speaking, than sustaining oneself as an artist. Yet sustain himself Mull did, and handsomely too.
A login link has been sent to
Enter your email to read this article.
Get 2 free articles when you subscribe.
