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1789 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England - 1854 Isle of Man, England. Known for: Romantic painting, engraving, illustration.
John Martin (19 July 1789 - 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic* painter, engraver* and illustrator. He was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in... Read full biography
John Martin (19 July 1789 - 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic* painter, engraver* and illustrator. He was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in Northumberland, the 4th son of Fenwick Martin, a one time fencing master. He was apprenticed by his... Read full biography
John Martin (19 July 1789 - 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic* painter, engraver* and illustrator. He was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in Northumberland, the 4th son of Fenwick Martin, a one time fencing master. He was apprenticed by his father to a coachbuilder in Newcastle upon Tyne to learn heraldic painting, but owing to a dispute over wages the indentures were cancelled, and he was placed instead under Boniface Musso, an Italian... Read full biography
John Martin (19 July 1789 - 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic* painter, engraver* and illustrator. He was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in Northumberland, the 4th son of Fenwick Martin, a one time fencing master. He was apprenticed by his father to a coachbuilder in Newcastle upon Tyne to learn heraldic painting, but owing to a dispute over wages the indentures were cancelled, and he was placed instead under Boniface Musso, an Italian artist, father of the enamel painter Charles Muss. With his master, Martin moved from Newcastle to London in 1806, where he married at the age of nineteen, and supported himself by giving drawing lessons, and by painting in watercolours, and on china... Read full biography
John Martin (19 July 1789 - 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic* painter, engraver* and illustrator. He was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in Northumberland, the 4th son of Fenwick Martin, a one time fencing master. He was apprenticed by his father to a coachbuilder in Newcastle upon Tyne to learn heraldic painting, but owing to a dispute over wages the indentures were cancelled, and he was placed instead under Boniface Musso, an Italian artist, father of the enamel painter Charles Muss. With his master, Martin moved from Newcastle to London in 1806, where he married at the age of nineteen, and supported himself by giving drawing lessons, and by painting in watercolours, and on china and glass—his only surviving painted plate is now in a private collection in England. His leisure was occupied in the study of perspective and arch... Read full biography
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- •Easel Painting