Andrey Yefimovich Martynov (Андрей Ефимович Мартынов; 1768–1826) was a painter and engraver from the Russian Empire.
Born in St. Petersburg to the family of a sergeant in the Preobrazhensky Guards regiment, Martynov graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1788.
The beauty of the area around Lake Baikal especially captivated him, “it is surrounded by the Sayan Mountains, whose endless chain and picture-like diversity bring to the traveller’s gaze the infectious grandeur of nature”.
[citation needed] His works of art is comparable to the present pair in its idealised panoramic vision of nature, with its vast expanses of water and sky.
Martynov moved gradually away from painting into the newer media of etching and lithography, which he is primarily known for, because of his lithographic techniques.