Conrad MARTENS

Ford at the Wollondilly
1839

Medium

oil on wood panel

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004

Gallery location: Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

About this work

Accomplished in the style of seventeenth-century French artist Claude Lorrain, as well as the most famous British artist of his time, J. W. Turner, Conrad Martens adopted European techniques in his depictions of the vastly different Australian landscape. In this painting, Martens used the Claudian formula of a dark foreground, a light middle ground and framing by trees. The landscape is idyllic and peaceful, which is further enhanced by Marten’s light brushwork and palette, which give the illusion of a watercolour.

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on wood panel

Measurements

46.9 × 67.2 cm

Place/s of Execution

Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription

inscribed in red paint C Martens / 1839

Accession Number

2004.190

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Gallery location

Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

Subjects (general)

Animals Human Figures Landscapes

Subjects (specific)

cattle hills horse (species) men (male humans) New South Wales (state) rivers rock (inorganic material) trees

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Conrad MARTENS

Ford at the Wollondilly
1839