Discover painter, draftsperson, lithographer Willy Martens

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: Martens, Willem

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, lithographer, museum director
was director of the Rijksmuseum H.W. Mesdag in The Hague until 1924 (Scheen 1981)

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Semarang (Indonesia) 1856-12-01

Deceased: The Hague (city) 1927-01-24

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Russell, John Peter

Martens lived at the same address as Russell in 1884 (Impasse Hélène)

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23 hits in RKDimages as artist
1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject
20 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam)

1876-1880
Académie Cormon (Parijs)

also at studio Bonnat

Active in

Den Haag (stad) 1876
until 1876
Amsterdam (stad) 1876 - 1881
Parijs 1880
signaled rue Cauchois, 3 (cat. Paris Salon as Guillaume Martens)
Parijs 1881
signaled rue Cauchois 12 (cat. Paris Salon as Guillaume Martens)
Nanterre 1882 - 1883
signaled à Nanterre, rue Rigault, 21 bis (cat. Paris Salon 1882, 1883, as Guillaume Martens)
Parijs 1884 - 1885
signaled boulevard de Clichy, 11 (cat. Paris Salon 1884
Amsterdam (stad) 1886
Parijs 1886 - 1887
impasse Hélène, 15 (historic address, now rue Pierre Ginier 15) atelier where John Peter Russell lived
Parijs 1888 - 1890
signaled rue faubourg saint Honoré 235 (cat. Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts 1888-1890)
Den Haag (stad) 1890 - 1892
signaled van Speijkstraat 57 (La Haye), cat. Paris Salon (1891)
Den Haag (stad) 1893 - 1901
Laan van Meerdervoort 127 à La Haye, cat Paris Salon 1893-1901
Nunspeet (plaats) 1902 - 1911
Martens had a villa built on Groote Weg in Nunspeet around 1902, but officially settled at this site on Nov. 11, 1909.
Scheveningen 1910
until 1910
Ermelo (plaats, Gelderland) 1911
until 1911
Den Haag (stad) 1911 - 1927

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Allebé, August
Bonnat, Léon
Cormon, Fernand
Hébert, Ernest
Wijnveld, Barend
cat. Paris Salon note Bonnat (1880-) , Hébert (1884) and Cormon (1886)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, figure, Christian religious scene, portrait, still life, cityscape

Member of

Pulchri Studio (Den Haag)
was also chairman at Pulchri Studio (Scheen 1981)
Arti et Amicitiae (Arti, Amsterdam)
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
sociétaire from 1890 onwards

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Scheen 1969-1970 , vol.II, p. 19
Witt Checklist 1978
Scheen 1981 , p. 336, afb.nr. 544 (as: Martens, Willem ('Willy');*)

P.A.Haaxman, 'Willy Martens', Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 9 (1899), p. 293-306 en idem in: M.Rooses [red.], Het Schildersboek, [...], Dl 4, Amsterdam 1900, p. 105-119
J.Knoef, Een eeuw Nederlandse schilderkunst, Amsterdam 1948, p. 114
K. Roodenburg, Kunstenaars op de Noordwest Veluwe 1880-1930. Een speurtocht..., Harderwijk/Nunspeet 1991, p. 52-56
F. Leeman en H. Pennock [samsenst.], Museum Mesdag. Catalogue of paintings and drawings, Amsterdam /Zwolle 1996, p. 283-285
A.B.G.M. van Kalmthout, Muzentempels.Multidisciplinaire kunstkringen in Nederland tussen 1880 en 1914, Hilversum 1998, p. 304 en passim
C. Stolwijk, Uit de schilderswereld. Nederlandse kunstschilders in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw, Leiden 1998, p. 284,364
J.C.A. van der Lubbe, François Pieter ter Meulen en de Haagse School, Bodegraven/Nieuwkoop 1999, p. 43 en passim
P.Thoben, cat.tent.Tussen realisme en impressionisme. Aquarellen van meesters van de Haagse School, Einhoven (Museum Kempenland ) 2000/2001, p. 64-66
C.Fasseur, Wilhemina.Krijgshaftig in een vormeloze jas, Amsterdam 2001, p. 29

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Project: Inventory Decorative Interior Paintings in the Netherlands (1600-1940)
The Dutch in Paris - Retour de Paris

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