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Elias Martin (8 March 1739 – 25 January 1818) was a Swedish genre, history, and landscape painter from Stockholm.〔 He is known for his watercolour paintings of Stockholm, and his landscape oil paintings that feature romantic lighting effects. ''Nationalencyklopedin'' describes him as Sweden's "first great landscape painter".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ne.se/elias-martin# )〕 ==Early life== Martin's father was a carpenter and wanted his son to work in carpentry. Martin, however, was more interested in art, and decided to become an apprentice of the painter F.C. Schultz. During his time with Schultz, he was hired by the naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman to design ship ornaments. This job led to an acquaintanceship with Augustin Ehrensvärd, a lieutenant colonel in the artillery and a painter, who brought Martin to the sea fortress of Sveaborg and encouraged him to pursue his painting.〔 Martin stayed at Sveaborg for two years and painted several paintings of the fortress and its surroundings under the supervision of Ehrensvärd. He also gave drawing lessons to the garrison officers (Svenska: ''garnisonsofficerarna'') and Ehrensvärd's son, Carl August Ehrensvärd. In May 1766, Martin traveled to Le Havre and Paris in France where he mostly worked on his own. He tried to copy the style of François Boucher, but quickly realized that it did not suit him. Martin was not a follower of French classicism, and therefore moved to London in 1770. He may have briefly visited Rome before his move.〔 In England, Martin spent most of his time on landscape painting, receiving inspiration from Claude Lorrain and the English landscape school. He painted several paintings in this style, but also experimented with portraits, genre paintings, and history paintings.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elias Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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