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.

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Martin Mull in 2018 at Beverly Hills, California. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, file

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.

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