Theodor Martens
Theodor Martens (born August 26, 1822 in Wismar , † October 1, 1884 in Portici , Italy) was a German architecture and landscape painter.
Life
Theodor Martens was the son of Johann Gottfried Martens, a businessman from Wismar, who also worked as a businessman until 1862. It was not until the age of 40 that he began studying art with August Weber at the Academy in Düsseldorf . This was followed by a study visit to Paris with Émile Lambinet. In 1874 he received a silver medal for his work Weiden bei Wismar in the London Crystal Palace . After stops in Hamburg and Wismar, he took up residence in Schwerin from January 1879 . In the winter of 1882/83 he left Schwerin to travel to Italy. After stays in Naples , among others , Martens died of cholera in Portici in 1884. He was buried in the cholera cemetery near San Giovanni at the foot of Vesuvius .
Along with Carl Malchin, Theodor Martens was one of the first pure landscape painters in Mecklenburg . He was particularly influenced by the works of French landscape painting ( Paysage intime ) by Barbizon and their representatives Camille Corot , Virgilio Diaz and Charles Daubigny and mainly painted landscapes and architectural paintings from Mecklenburg. The State Museum Schwerin (SMS) owns nine of his works.
Works (selection)
- Reddentin bei Wismar (1870), Berlin academic art exhibition 1870
- Weiden near Wismar (1874)
- Watermill near Wismar (1875), 78 × 108 cm
- Mühlen-Eichsen village near Grevesmühlen in Mecklenburg (1879), 78 × 108 cm (counterpart to the previous one)
- View of the Schwerin Castle (1882)
- Fishing cottages on the lake
- The Stoltera near Warnemünde
literature
- Martens, Theodor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 150 .
- Martens, Theodor. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 942 ( archive.org ).
- Friedrich Schlie : Descriptive directory of the works of more recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin. Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884 ( archive.org , accessed on September 3, 2015).
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6349 .
- Martens, Theodor. In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 355 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
Web links
- Literature about Theodor Martens in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Theodor Martens in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Theodor Martens on artnet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration: In: Mecklenburgische Monatshefte . Volume 5 (1929), No. 10 (PDF, digitized LBMV )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martens, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architecture and landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1884 |
| Place of death | Portici (Italy) |