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John Martin Tracy was best known for his paintings of trained gun dogs in the field, and for his depictions of thoroughbred horses. Although under-aged, he served in the Civil War. He made two trips to study in Paris before establishing himself as a portrait painter in St. Louis. After moving to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1881, Tracy focused on his hunting dog paintings.