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John Martin

1789 - 1854

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John Martin (19 July 1789 – 17 February 1854) was an English Romanticist painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was celebrated for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures placed in imposing landscapes. Martin's paintings, and the prints made from them, enjoyed great success with the general public, with Thomas Lawrence referring to him as "the most popular painter of his day". He was also lambasted by John Ruskin and other critics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Martin is the 798th most popular painter (down from 766th in 2019), the 1,828th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,524th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Martin ranks 798 out of 2,023. Before him are Eugène Fromentin, Jan Asselijn, Adriaen van de Velde, Heinrich Aldegrever, Franz von Lenbach, and Spinello Aretino. After him are Adam Frans van der Meulen, George Stubbs, Pedro Américo, John William Godward, Antoine Wiertz, and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

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Among people born in 1789, John Martin ranks 21. Before him are Carl Gustav Carus, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Marcellin Champagnat, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, and Friedrich Boie. After him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, William Cranch Bond, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Silvio Pellico, and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. Among people deceased in 1854, John Martin ranks 18. Before him are Fructuoso Rivera, Nathaniel Wallich, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Almeida Garrett, Marcellin Marbot, and Jeremias Gotthelf. After him are Kamehameha III, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Nicolás Bravo, Arthur Aikin, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Martin ranks 1,828 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Martin (1957), Roland Joffé (1945), George Arliss (1868), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Mary Ann Bevan (1874), and Timothy Spall (1957). After him are Ælle of Sussex (500), Stevie Young (1956), Jeff Lynne (1947), Rhys Ifans (1967), George Stubbs (1724), and Marjorie Boulton (1924).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Martin ranks 22. Before him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Edmund Leighton (1852), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), and Thomas Cole (1801). After him are George Stubbs (1724), John William Godward (1861), Arthur Rackham (1867), James Gillray (1756), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), and Pieter de Molijn (1595).

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