Albin Martin Britain, Italy, New Zealand, 1813-88
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About Albin Martin
Born in the United Kingdom in 1813, Albin Martin studied in England under John Linnell, landscape and portrait painter. He worked in Italy before migrating to New Zealand with his family in 1851. He began farming at Tamaki near Auckland and moved to Ellerslie in 1882. Albin is known for painting landscapes, in oils and watercolours in the style of French painter Claude Lorrain.
In our database, 72 works by Albin Martin are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1980, of which 45 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $35,432 for Bay of Islands sold by Dunbar Sloane in August 2004. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Albin Martin are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Albin Martin is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 48
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 160
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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