Conrad Martens
(1801–1878) British artist (1801-1878)
Conrad Martens (1801–1878) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Conrad Martens belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Conrad Martens was born in London and died in Sydney. Conrad Martens worked in Australian continent.
The best-known works include ‘The Corcovado, Botofogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro’, ‘The funeral of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, 1856, watercolour by Conrad Martens’, ‘View of Sydney Harbour showing Vaucluse House’, and ‘Sydney from the North Shore, New South Wales’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 34 works by Conrad Martens with free images. The dated works span the years 1839–1878. Works by Conrad Martens are held by several collections, among them State Library of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Te Papa Tongarewa, and Art Gallery of South Australia.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred d'Orsay, Victor Vincent Adam, Johann Karl Baehr, Michelangelo Grigoletti, and Eduard Gaertner.