Conrad Martens b. 1801

Also known as C. M.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Well-travelled (South America, South Pacific and Australasia) English colonial watercolourist, oil painter, lithographer, sketcher and landscape artist who is one of the better known 19th century artists of Sydney. Martens kept good records and was able to make a living out of his work. However, he did work as a librarian and sometimes paid off wine bills with drawings.
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associate of
Augustus Earle
1793
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
James Stuart
1802
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
George William Evans
1780
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Black Carmichael
1803
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Maurice Appleby Felton
1803
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Marshall Claxton
1813
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Skinner Prout
1805
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Oswald Bloxsome
1802
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Edmund Thomas Blacket
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
parent of
Rebecca Martens
1838
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Samuel Elyard
1817
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Frederick Garling
Other occupation
associate of
Governor Bourke
Other occupation
associate of
G. W. Evans
Other occupation
associate of
Robert Campbell
Other occupation
associate of
Bishop W. G. Broughton
Other occupation
associate of
John Ruskin
Other occupation
associate of
A. B. Spark
Other occupation
associate of
Charles Darwin
Other occupation
associate of
Alexander Macleay
Other occupation
associate of
Captain Robert FitzRoy
Other occupation
associate of
T. S. Mort
Other occupation
associate of
Copley Fielding
Other occupation
child of
Christoph Heinrich Martens
Other occupation
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  • Sketches in the Environs of Sydney (creator of)
  • Burragalong Cavern (creator of)
  • Sydney from St. Leonards (creator of)
  • [Dr Mitchell's residence, Cumberland Place, The Rocks, Sydney] (None)
  • Drawing of St Andrew's Cathedral (creator of)
  • Vaucluse House / Conrad Martens (None)
  • Four designs for banknotes (creator of)
  • [Entrance to Elizabeth Bay House] (None)
  • Blue Mountains (creator of)
  • Illawarra region (creator of)
  • Tahiti (creator of)
  • South America (creator of)
  • Blue Mountains (creator of)
  • Illawarra region (creator of)
  • Tahiti (creator of)
  • South America (creator of)
  • Brisbane (creator of)
  • Darling Downs (creator of)
  • One of the Falls on the Apsley (creator of)
  • Burragalong Cavern (creator of)
  • View of Sydney, N.S.W. 1854 (creator of)
  • Sketches in the Environs of Sydney (creator of)
  • Sydney from St. Leonards (creator of)
  • Drawing of St Andrew's Cathedral (creator of)
  • Four designs for banknotes (creator of)
  • [Dr Mitchell's residence, Cumberland Place, The Rocks, Sydney] (None)
  • [Entrance to Elizabeth Bay House] (None)
  • Vaucluse House / Conrad Martens (None)
Related events
  • Sydney International Exhibition (None)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Art unions (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Fine Arts Society (None)
  • Works of Colonial Artists (exhibited at)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (None)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Art unions (exhibited at)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Works of Colonial Artists (exhibited at)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • Sydney International Exhibition (None)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Fine Arts Society (None)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (None)