Conrad Martens
English, 1801 - 1878
Martens remained with the BEAGLE until 1834 when he left the voyage in Valparaiso and travelled to Australia via New Zealand and Tahiti. He established a studio in Pitt Street, Sydney, where he focused on watercolour views of the growing town and its surrounds.
Martens remained in Australia until his death in 1878. He worked on a number of commissions and served for a time as the parliamentary librarian and president of the Sydney Sketching Club. He remained living in Sydney for the rest his life and was one of the few and earliest commercial artists to settle permanently in Australia.
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