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Andrey Yefimovich Martynov (Андрей
Ефимович Мартынов; 1768-1826) was
a Russian painter and engraver.

Born in Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg to the
family of a sergeant in the Preobrazhensky Guards
regiment, Martynov graduated from the St
Petersburg Academy of Art in 1788.  After training
under Semion Shchedrin he studied in Italy until
1794.  Work on commissions from the Imperial
court, he participated in the decorating of
several roayl palaces and became a councilor of
the Academy in 1802.

Travelling throughout southern Russia from 1804,
primarily creating images of rural towns and
landscapes.  He moved gradually away from painting
into the newer media of etching and lithography. 
Appointed the official artist of the Russian
embassy to China in 1805, his series lithographs
of the lands and peoples of Mongolia (entitled
"Views of Russia and Mongolia" and "Peoples Types
of Russia and Mongolia") were greatly admired.  A
later set of lithographs made while touring the
Baltic regions ("Views of the Baltic Countries")
were similarly lauded in 1810.

Martynov died in Italy in 1826.