John Martin

1789–1854 · United Kingdom · Romanticism

John Martin (19 July 1789 – 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was known for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures placed in imposing landscapes. Wikipedia

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“The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum”, 1822 — National Gallery
“The end of the world”, 1851 — National Gallery
“Belshazzar's Feast”, 1820 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Destruction of Sodom And Gomorrah”, 1852 — Laing Art Gallery
“Pandemonium”, 1841 — Louvre
“Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion”, 1812 — Saint Louis Art Museum
“Manfred on the Jungfrau”, 1837 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“The Celestial City and the River of Bliss”, 1841
“The Seventh Plague”, 1823 — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon”, 1816
“The Coronation of Queen Victoria”, 1839 — National Gallery
“Macbeth”, 1820 — National Galleries of Scotland
“The Deluge”, 1834 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Eve of the Deluge”, 1840 — Royal Collection
“The Bard”, 1817 — Yale Center for British Art
“Sadak auf der Suche nach den Wassern des Vergessens”, 1812 — Southampton City Art Gallery
“Arcadian Landscape”, 1810–1814 — Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
“Christ Stilleth the Tempest”, 1852 — York Art Gallery
“The Assuaging of the Waters”, 1840 — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
“The Last Judgement”, 1853 — Tate
“The Plains of Heaven”, 1851 — Tate
“An Elderly Man Petitioning Christ” — Yale Center for British Art
“Feeding the Five Thousand” — Yale Center for British Art
“Christ Healing the Palsied Man” — Yale Center for British Art
“Christ Stilling the Tempest” — Yale Center for British Art
“Shore Scene, Evening” — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Adam Listening to the Voice of God the Almighty”, 1825 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Mountain Landscape with Rocks”, 1851 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“The Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii” — Tabley House
“Arthur and Aegle in the Happy Valley”, 1849 — Laing Art Gallery
“The Isle of Man”, 1851 — Ashmolean Museum
“Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still” — Ashmolean Museum
“Kensington Gardens” — Yale Center for British Art
“Archers Stalking a Stag”, 1821 — Yale Center for British Art
“Dover”, 1833 — Yale Center for British Art
“Death of the First Born”, 1836 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Crucifixion”, 1834 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Fall of Ninevah”, 1829 — Yale Center for British Art
“Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still”, 1827 — Yale Center for British Art
“Pandemonium”, 1831 — Yale Center for British Art

John Martin

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