# Kevin Connor artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:48:13.663Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Painting

## About Kevin Connor

Kevin Connor (1932–2025) was an Australian artist and painter whose identity is represented in Wikidata and established international authority files, including Getty ULAN and VIAF. The available biographical summary associates him particularly with figurative painting and portraiture. It records two Archibald Prize wins: a 1975 portrait of the judge Sir Frank Kitto and a 1977 portrait of sculptor Robert Klippel. The same summary credits Connor with Sulman Prize recognition for Najaf (Iraq) June 1991 and, later, The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord. These references place named portraits, figures, and observed public settings among the contexts in which collectors may encounter his work. The supplied evidence does not securely assign Connor to a particular movement or school, so this profile avoids doing so. Because other public figures share his name, records should be matched through dates, Australian context, work details, and stable authority identifiers.

## Common works and media

The available sources support paintings as the principal work type and identify portraiture and figurative subjects through Connor’s reported prize-winning works. Named examples include portraits of Sir Frank Kitto and Robert Klippel, as well as compositions referring to Iraq and Gare du Nord. The pack does not establish recurring editions, prints, sculptures, ceramics, or a formally defined series.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily has a public auction-price page for Kevin Connor, but the supplied research pack does not include detailed lot descriptions or a major auction-house biography. Market comparison should therefore begin by confirming that a record concerns the Australian artist born in 1932, rather than another person with the same name. Named subjects and documented relationships to Connor’s reported Archibald- or Sulman-recognized works may provide useful cataloguing context, although those award details still need institution-grade corroboration. When comparable records are available, collectors should compare closely related paintings and portrait subjects using the auction house, sale date, realized price, and complete lot documentation rather than treating the artist name alone as conclusive.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396054
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500124144
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96598059/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90701960
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Connor_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kevin-connor/