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Artist in the Global Art Registry
John Martin
1789–1854 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1789 · Haydon Bridge
- Died
- 1854 · Douglas
197 works in the Collect24 Registry
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John Martin was an English Romantic painter, engraver, and illustrator known for his vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions. His works, which featured minute figures in imposing landscapes, enjoyed great public success but also drew criticism from figures like John Ruskin.
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John Martin (19 July 1789 – 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was known for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures placed in imposing landscapes. Martin's paintings, and the prints made from them, enjoyed great success with the general public, with Thomas Lawrence referring to him as "the most popular painter of his day". He was also criticised by John Ruskin and other critics.
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Registered works
197
In museum collections
0
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by John Martin
Selected from 197 works by John Martin in the Collect24 Registry.
John Martin
The Valley of the Tyne, My Native Country near Henshaw, 1842
watercolor, gouache and gum arabic with graphite underdrawing, sanding, and scraping
26.6 × 67.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-193536
John Martin
The Destruction of Pharaoh's Host, 1836
Watercolor and oil paint with brown ink and scraping out, on paper
58.4 × 85.7 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-137010
John Martin
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still Upon Gibeon (Joshua: 10: 12–14), ca. 1822
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over red chalk, heightened with white; squared in black chalk
40.3 × 61 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-562253
John Martin
Macbeth, 1820
oil paint
50.1 × 71 cm
National Galleries Scotland
C24-460710
John Martin
Jerikos murer styrter sammen, 1834
Mezzotinte, radering
27.3 × 37.4 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-595078
John Martin
The Eve of the Deluge, 1840
oil paint
144.3 × 218.5 cm
Royal Collection
C24-281856
John Martin
View on the South Downs, 1840–49
Watercolor with reductive techniques
24.1 × 33 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-502852
John Martin
Syndfloden, 1831-1839
Mezzotinte og radering
27.2 × 37.4 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-496009
John Martin
Landscape with a Castle, 1815
oil paint
15.6 × 21.6 cm
Yale Center for British Art
C24-463842
John Martin
The Plains of Heaven, 1851
oil paint
306.7 × 198.8 cm
Tate
C24-462274
John Martin
The Last Judgement, 1853
oil paint
325.8 × 196.8 cm
Tate
C24-462273
John Martin
Belshazzar's Feast (First Plate), June 1, 1826
Mezzotint with etching; proof
47 × 71.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-455637
Museums and collections
Where works by John Martin are registered
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
158 works
- Yale Center for British Art
United States
10 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
6 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
6 works
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
3 works
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
3 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
3 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
2 works
- Tate
United Kingdom
2 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
1 work
- National Galleries Scotland
United Kingdom
1 work
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- Royal Collection
United Kingdom
1 work
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