John Martin

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John Martin was a 19th-century English Romantic painter renowned for his dramatic, apocalyptic, and biblical-themed landscapes.

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instanceOf human
painter
artisticTheme Biblical apocalypse
Last Judgement NERFINISHED
Old Testament narratives
catastrophic destruction
heaven and hell
sublime landscapes
artStyle dramatic chiaroscuro
vast architectural settings
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
ethnicGroup English
fieldOfWork book illustration
painting
printmaking
genre apocalyptic painting
biblical painting
landscape painting
influenced 19th-century landscape painting
Victorian painters
later fantasy art
influencedBy Romanticism
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Romanticism NERFINISHED
name John Martin NERFINISHED
nationality British
English
notableFor apocalyptic scenes
biblical-themed compositions
dramatic landscapes
notableWork Belshazzar's Feast NERFINISHED
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon NERFINISHED
Pandemonium NERFINISHED
Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion NERFINISHED
The Fall of Babylon NERFINISHED
The Great Day of His Wrath NERFINISHED
The Last Judgement NERFINISHED
The Plains of Heaven NERFINISHED
occupation engraver
illustrator
painter
periodActive 19th century
subjectOf exhibitions at Tate Britain

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John Martin’s painting "Belshazzar’s Feast" creator John Martin
subject surface form: Belshazzar’s Feast (John Martin painting)