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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See also

  • 'IMAGE: Conrad Martens, The Funeral of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King. Died 26th February 1856, 1856, watercolour, 43.2 x 63.5 cm. Mitchell Library'.
  • 'IMAGES: Viaducts on the descent to the Lithgow Valley, 1872, pencil, watercolour, gouache, gum arabic on cardboard, National Gallery of Australia, reproduced National Australia Bank Calendar, 2000.'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Four designs for banknotes (creator of)
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  • [Entrance to Elizabeth Bay House] (None)
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  • 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)