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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Name
Conrad Martens
Also known as C. M.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
  • Deputy parliamentary librarian (ANZSIC code: 75)
Birth date
1801
Death date
21 August 1878
Death place
Sydney, New South Wales
Burial place
St Thomas's Cemetery, North Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • c.1827 - c.1878
Arrival
  • 1835 (Arrived in Sydney harbour on the Black Warrior from New Zealand.)
Residence
  • c.1835 Blue Mountains, New South Wales
  • c.1835 Illawarra region, New South Wales
  • c.1851 Hunter River, New South Wales
  • c.1851 New England, New South Wales
  • c.1851 Darling Downs, Queensland
  • c.1851 Brisbane, Queensland
  • c.1872 - c.1873 Lithgow Valley, New South Wales
  • c.1834 - c.1835 Peru
  • c.1832 - c.1833 Montevideo, Uruguay
  • c.1834 Valparasio, Chile
  • c.1844 - c.1854 Rockleigh Grange, St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1832 - c.1833 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • c.1816 - c.1832 Exeter, England, UK
  • c.1801 - c.1816 London, England, UK
  • c.1835 New Zealand
  • c.1835 Tahiti
  • c.1835 - c.1878 Pitt Street, the Rocks, Sydney
  • c.1833 - c.1834 HMS Beagle
  • c.1832 - c.1833 HMS Hyacinth
Training
  • c.1827 - c.1832 Taught by Copley Fielding
Cultural Heritage
  • English
  • German
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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