John Martin (painter)

John Martin ( born July 19, 1789 in Haydon Bridge to Hexham, Northumberland, England; † February 17, 1854 on the Isle of Man ) was an English painter and printmaker.

Life

Martin's father wanted him for a manufacturer of travel coaches give to the teaching, that he there will learn the heraldry, but because of a disagreement this agreement was dissolved and Martin went to Bonifacio Musso, an Italian artist, father of the enamel painter Charles Musso. With his master, Martin moved in 1806 from Newcastle -upon- Tyne to London, where he married at the age of nineteen years, and his living by drawing lessons, glass and porcelain painting deserved and paintings in watercolors. In his spare time he worked on the perspective and architecture.

From 1812 Martin received greater attention for his work. He was even better known than his older brother, the non-conformist Jonathan Martin, in February 1829 intentionally set fire to York Minster. The fire taught at considerable damage, and the sight was compared by observers who knew nothing about the connection between the arsonist and the painter, John Martin's works. John paid for the defense of his brother in court; Jonathan, known as " Mad Martin ," was found guilty, but was it because of mental incapacity of the train saves.

1854 Martin suffered while working a stroke and died on the Isle of Man.

Work

The first painting Martins, which was shown in an exhibition, was Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion ( Sadak in search of the Waters of Oblivion ). It was sold for 50 guineas and hanged in 1812 in the hall of the Royal Academy of Arts, it is now in the Saint Louis Art Museum. The painting was followed by expulsion ( The Expulsion, 1813), Paradise ( Paradise, 1813), Clytie (1814 ) and Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon (Joshua commands the sun over Gibeon stand still, 1816). In 1821 his painting Belshazzar's Feast ( Belshazzar's feast), which to many positive comments and enemy gave rise and a price of 200 pounds at the British Institution, which was where Joshua had previously received a prize of £ 100 was released. More pictures were Destruction of Herculaneum ( The Destruction of Herculaneum, 1822), Creation (Creation, 1824), Eve of the Deluge ( The Flood, 1841) and a number of other biblical and fantastic themes. Martin enjoyed great popularity. A pressure of Belshazzar's Feast hung in the Salon of the rectory of the Brontës in Haworth, where Charlotte and her brother Branwell Martins works copied. Martin's fantastic architecture influenced the kingdoms Glass Town and Angria in the youth work of the Brontës, in which he himself appears as Edward de Lisle of Verdopolis.

In addition to his work as a painter John Martin was an important artist. Over many years his income topped with Schabkunstblättern the income from the sale of his paintings. 1823 Martin was commissioned by Samuel Prowett, an American publisher trying to illustrate John Milton's Paradise Lost, for which he was paid 2000 pounds. Even before the first 24 stitches were completed, he further £ 1,500 was paid for a second set of 24 smaller bites. Two of the more notable because of the architecture shown stitches are Pandemonium and Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council ( Satan presides over the Council of hell before ). Prowett were four separate editions of the stitches out in monthly editions, of which the first appeared on March 24, 1825 and the last in 1827. From Prowetts company Martin was encouraged to publish his own illustrations of the Old Testament itself. This was 1831-1835, but this turned out to be extremely expensive project and not very profitable. He sold the remaining illustrations to Charles Tilt, which they brought out in a smaller format in 1838 in a folio album and 1839.

In addition, Martin busy with plans for urban improvement of London and has published numerous pamphlets and plans for urban water supply, sewerage, the docks and the railway system. His plans for the sewer system, which he published in 1834, the plans of Joseph Bazalgette in 1859 took anticipate where was proposed to build collector channels with entrances on both banks of the Thames.

During the last four years of his life Martin was working on a triptych of major biblical themes: The Last Judgment ( The Last Judgement ), The Great Day of His Wrath ( The great day of his wrath ) and The Plains of Heaven ( The sky levels). From The Plains of Heaven, it is believed that it reflects his childhood memories of Allendale. The paintings were bequeathed in 1974 to the Tate Britain.