Who painted “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum”?

“The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” was painted by John Martin in 1822. Where to see it: National Gallery.

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Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

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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More by John Martin

“The end of the world”, 1851
“Belshazzar's Feast”, 1820
“The Destruction of Sodom And Gomorrah”, 1852
“Pandemonium”, 1841
“Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion”, 1812
“Manfred on the Jungfrau”, 1837
“The Celestial City and the River of Bliss”, 1841
“The Seventh Plague”, 1823