JOHN MARTIN, RBA

John Martin was born in 1957. He studied at Hornsey followed by 3 years at Exeter College of Art where he obtained a First Class Honours Degree. He then studied at the Royal Academy Schools under Peter Greenham, gaining a Post Graduate Diploma.
His work is in a line of traditional figurative painting, influenced by the Camden Town Group, particularly Sickert, Gilman and Spencer Gore. Johns painting reflect a sense of place and atmosphere. Brian Sewell, Art Critic of the Evening Standard, said of Johns work, " The gentle honesty of his observation and a technique that matches it produce without irritating mannerisms or striving effects".
John was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1991 and has been the recipient of many awards, Stowells of Chelsea Prize Winner, David Murray Landscape Scholarship, WH Patterson Prize, the Fabrica Painting Prize, the Windsor an Newton Best British Artist and more recently John was awarded the de Laszlo medal at the RBA 2006 Open Exhibition.
Joh has exhibited extensively here and abroad and has had his work in many private and public collections. His paintings have also featured in the Tatler magazine, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times an International Artist Magazine.

AFTERNOON CANAL VENICE

10" X 8"
£700