# Kenneth Martin artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/kenneth-martin/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:38:35.149Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British, English
- Movements: Constructionism, Kinetic art
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture

## About Kenneth Martin

Kenneth Laurence Martin (1905–1984) was an English painter and sculptor associated with the postwar revival of Constructionism. Available biographical sources place him alongside Mary Martin and Victor Pasmore as a leading figure in that revival, while a German-language profile also connects his practice with kinetic art. Wikidata and VIAF consistently identify Martin through his lifespan and dual roles, helping distinguish him from other people with the same name. The collected source pack also contains dedicated profile links from MoMA, Tate, the British Museum and Art UK, although usable excerpts from those institutional pages were not captured. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Martin’s name in relation to modern British painting, sculpture and constructivist contexts. Reliable entity matching is especially important for this artist: dates, work type and authority identifiers should be considered together before a work or auction record is assigned to him.

## Common works and media

The available sources support two broad types of work: paintings and sculpture. They associate Martin with Constructionism and, more tentatively, kinetic art. The pack does not provide reliable detail about recurring subjects, named series, print editions, specific sculptural materials or typical dimensions, so those characteristics should be established from the individual object and stronger catalogue evidence rather than inferred.

## Market and appraisal context

Kenneth Martin’s public identity records cover both painting and sculpture, so appraisal comparisons should begin by separating those work types and confirming that the maker is the English artist born in 1905. Appraisily’s public artist page indicates auction-price coverage, but the collected source pack does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates or realized prices. It therefore cannot support a price prediction or market-trend claim. A defensible assessment should use the actual object category and compare it only with documented public sales whose dates and results can be reviewed. Identity and attribution should be resolved before any comparison, particularly because Kenneth Martin is not a unique personal name.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are publicly available. Source gaps and unresolved identity questions are retained rather than replaced with unsupported assumptions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640339
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/808403/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500007319
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Martin_(English_painter)
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Martin
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Martin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kenneth-martin/