Portrait of Conrad Martens, National Library of Australia
Born
(1801-03-21)21 March 1801
London, England
Died
21 August 1878(1878-08-21) (aged 77)
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known for
Watercolour painting
Conrad Martens (21 March 1801 – 21 August 1878)[1] was an English-born landscape painter active on HMS Beagle from 1833 to 1834. He arrived in Australia in 1835 and painted there until his death in 1878.
death in 1878. ConradMartens' father, J. C. H. Martens, was an Austrian-born merchant who originally came to London as Austrian Consul. Conrad was born in...
List of incidents during the Beagle conflict. As a ship's painter, ConradMartens drew and created watercolour paintings in 1833 and 1834 during the second...
Aboriginal population largely remained in place during his tenure. In 1860 ConradMartens, who was a good friend of Alexander Berry, visited him at the Coolangatta...
took part in an expedition which started from here. As a ship painter, ConradMartens drew and created watercolor paintings in 1833 and 1834 during the second...
since they were first described by Cook, including the painting by ConradMartens' Glasshouse Mountains, Moreton Bay. Numerous poems have been written...
had risen and fallen. Back at Montevideo, Darwin was introduced to ConradMartens, the replacement artist brought on board Beagle after Augustus Earle...
distinctive Australian features of open country, fallen logs, and blue hills. ConradMartens (1801–1878) worked from 1835 to 1878 as a professional artist, painting...
theorised about geology and the extinction of giant mammals; watercolour by the ship's artist ConradMartens, who replaced Augustus Earle, in Tierra del Fuego...
Heinrich (anglice Christopher Henry) Martens and his wife Rebecca, the others being John William and Conrad. Martens exhibited pictures at various galleries...
This is an example of a Sketchbook at the Victoria and Albert Museum ConradMartens (English 1801–1878) accompanied Darwin on the Beagle as expedition artist...
range of colonial activities and industries carried out there. Artist ConradMartens celebrated its qualities in a painting in 1836. Throsby Park House,...
A watercolour by HMS Beagle's draughtsman, ConradMartens. Painted during the survey of Tierra del Fuego, it depicts Beagle being hailed by native Fuegians...
subjects for many artists in the early days of the colony, including ConradMartens, Joseph Fowles, Thomas Watling and Major James Taylor. This parcel of...
encircling single-storey Doric colonnade (included in several views by ConradMartens, and akin to the colonnade at Vineyard, designed by Verge for Hannibal...
portrait miniaturist Claude Marquet (1869–1920): political cartoonist ConradMartens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia Monte...
opened Burnett District. In December 1851 and March 1852, the artist ConradMartens (1801-1878), who had arrived in Sydney in 1835, stayed at Glengallan...
lady artist, Madame Romansson – according to her obituary – then with ConradMartens (according to family tradition). In 1852, she was awarded a gold medal...
Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange in 1874. In 1875 Apsley Falls by ConradMartens, commissioned by the trustees and purchased for £50 out of the first...
Hunter Living Histories. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2020. "ConradMartens in Newcastle and the Hunter". Hunter Living Histories. 23 January 2012...
1855 Paris exposition with five other Australian artists including ConradMartens, Frederick Terry and Adelaide Ironside, the first time Australian artists...
monochrome portraits of historical figures (born 1788) August 21 – ConradMartens, English-born landscape painter (born 1801) October 5 – Francis Grant...
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