# Kenneth Webb artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/kenneth-webb/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T16:40:04.207Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Impressionist landscape painting
- Common media: Painting

## About Kenneth Webb

Kenneth Webb (born 1927) is a British painter whose identity is independently represented in Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, IdRef, and Art UK. The collected biographical source describes him as best known for richly colored, impressionist landscapes, while noting that his long career also encompasses figurative and abstract work. Webb founded the Irish School of Landscape Painting and served as Head of Painting at the Ulster College of Art from 1953 to 1960. These teaching and institutional associations place landscape painting at the center of his documented artistic context without limiting his output to a single mode. Collectors most commonly encounter Webb through paintings, especially landscape-oriented compositions, although attribution should rest on the specific object rather than name matching alone. His lengthy career and recurring presence in public auction data make date, subject, medium, dimensions, signature, condition, and provenance important when distinguishing one work from another and selecting useful comparables.

## Common works and media

Paintings are the most securely documented work type for Kenneth Webb. Collected biographical material emphasizes richly colored landscapes with an impressionist character and also records figurative and abstract work. The market index additionally contains broad labels for works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, but the source itself says category concentration is broad or sparse. Those secondary labels should therefore be verified against the individual object's medium, construction, signature, and catalogue history rather than treated as equally characteristic parts of Webb's practice.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily market snapshot reports 80 matched public-auction lots, including 53 priced records, across 2005–2025. It records an observed range of $60 to $19,000 and a median realized result near $2,600, but these figures are descriptive rather than a forecast for any individual work. A sound comparison should prioritize works with similar medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, and attribution status. Signature or inscription details, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect comparability. Reported results can differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, while private transactions and incomplete feeds remain outside or only partly represented in public-auction datasets.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity and authority records with matched public-auction data. When available, the market layer considers auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots; private sales, incomplete feeds, fee conventions, and attribution changes may not be fully captured.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21467068
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500345761
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/16398577/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/079873685
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/webb-kenneth-b-1927
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Webb_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kenneth-webb/