| Martin Frederick Kaelin was born in Philadelphia January 29, 1926, the son of electrician Martin Kaelin and Marie Paul. After the artist was named Martin, his father changed his own name to Joseph to avoid confusion. Kaelin’s boyhood schooling was at a Catholic institution in Philadelphia. While the boy doodled with a pencil during a 3rd grade class, Sister Pionina smacked him with a ruler, scaring the third finger on his writing hand (the right) for life, but it made little differen (showing 500 of 5308 characters). |
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