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MARSHALL BAER- Born August 19, 1927 in New York City / Died December 6, 2011 in Woodstock NY. Marshall studied at the High School of Industrial Art (Now the High School of Art and Design) Marshall was a classmate of Tony Bennett. He entered the US Navy in 1945. He served the Navy in many ways, including participating in track meets and winning medals for the 100 meter sprint, he played on the Navy football team and was the art director for the Navy newspaper out of the Boston Naval Center. Upon discharge from the navy in 1947 he secured an apprentice position at a major design studio and eventually rose to Studio Manager before leaving in 1953 to start his own advertising agency Marketing Directions. His business flourished and included The General Aniline and Film Corp (GAF) the JC Penny Co and EI DuPont Corp for whom he provided design services as a favored vendor for more than 25 years. He began developing his fine art career in 1965. He did large paintings and drawings eventually working with a fundamental shape that stayed with him for his entire career. Also in the 1960's he began creating sculpture from solid balsa and the fundamental shape became three-dimensional. In the late 1970's Marshall began making assemblage still life environments he called Recycled American Dreams. .His designer background is evident in these rather bizarre creations. His work has been shown in the 10 Downtown exhibits in New York City, Simon/Maier Gallery New York City; Margo Feiden Gallery, NYC; Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle WA; Arkville Cultural Center Arkvill NY, Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY; Susan Cooper Gallery, Woodstock NY; and a major retrospective in 2012 at the Rainbow Lodge in Mt. Tremper, NY