Johannes Martini (9 June 1866, in

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– 7 February 1935, in

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) was a German

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and

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Biography

Martini was born in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. He was a student of

Franz Skarbina Franz Skarbina (24 February 1849 - 18 May 1910) was a German impressionist painter, draftsman, etcher and illustrator. Life Born in Berlin, he was the son of a goldsmith from Zagreb. From 1865 to 1869, he studied at the Prussian Academy of Ar ...

at the

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, and he spent two years at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

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. Martini exhibited his work at the Great Art Exhibition in Berlin and the

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. He participated in the jubilee exhibit for the 90th birthday of Luitpold of Bavaria, as well as the Annual Exhibition in Berlin's Glass Palace. Martini spent much of his life in

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, and lived in the city district of

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. He was married and had one son. Many of Martini's paintings are considered missing. A considerable part of his estate in the form of letters is dispersed among the private citizens of Munich. Martini was a member of the German Art Cooperative (''Allgemeinen Deutschen Kunstgenossenschaft'' or ''AdK'') and the Munich art community. He was also a member of the Reichsverband bildendener Künstler (RVbK, "

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Union for

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ists") and had many contacts, including with the

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and

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families and the

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Gallery

Image:Johannes Martini Frühstück in der Lokomotivwerkstätte 1891.jpg, ''Breakfast in the Locomotive Workshop'', ca. 1891. Image:Johannes Martini Mädchen im Watt.jpg, ''Girl in the Mudflats'', ca. 1898 Image:Johannes Martini Park mit Skulptur und Lampe.jpg, ''Park with Sculpture and a Lamp'', ca. 1900. Image:Johannes Martini Bobbahn St Moritz.jpg, ''The Start of the Bobsled Run, St. Moritz'', ca. 1905. Image:Johannes Martini Kronprinz Wilhelm von Preußen.jpg, ''

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last ''Kaiser ''Kaiser'' is the German word for "emperor" (female Kaiserin). In gen ...

'', ca. 1905. Image:Johannes Martini Fritz Behn.jpg, ''The Sculptor Working with a Hammer'', ca. 1928.

Sources

Biography
@ the Galerie Bernd Dürr

External links

More works by Martini
@ the Galerie Bernd Dürr {{DEFAULTSORT:Martini, Johannes 1866 births 1935 deaths Académie Julian alumni 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists People from Chemnitz