John Martin at the Millenium

The studio attended the new Millennium Gallery exhibition in Sheffield last night for the John Martin Exhibition Painting the Apocalypse"
Martin 1789-1854 was a very underestimated painter and not regarded by the establishment yet was very popular with the public.
He is described as a Romantic engraver and illustrator whose huge paintings depicting
apocalyptic visions of passages from the Bible may not be to every ones taste but it cannot be denied that the massive scale of the depictions are matched by the massive scale of the canvas, yet his small works have the same atmospheric perspective and detail giving an impression that it is actually a huge canvas which has been squeezed and condensed.
This exhibition far exceeds expectations with over 80 pieces of artwork on display from the massive oils to finely detailed prints it is an exhibition which cannot fail to be held in awe both in the size of the artwork, its presentation and content.
An extra bonus is that the exhibition is free to enter and will be in Sheffield until 4th September when it moves to Tate Britain.
This is a must see exhibition which the author will be revisiting.