Conrad Martens: career timeline

Australian · 1801–1878 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 20 lots (85% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Conrad Martens: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1830s	3	2	$16.8kSign up	Watercolor
1840s	7	6	$23.9kSign up	Watercolor
1850s	3	2	$35.6kSign up	Watercolor
1860s	3	3	$8.7kSign up	Watercolor
1870s	1	0	—	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1830s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $16.8kSign up
Average: $16.8kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 25 in (44 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

c. 1832 Wooton Church, England c.1832 pencil on paperUnsold
1835 ISLAND OF MOOREA FROM PAPEETE HARBOUR, TAHITI (1835)$21.2kSign up
1836 Tahiti$12.4kSign up

1840s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $23.9kSign up
Average: $99.4kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 11.5 in (20 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (5), Oil (2)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (2), Sea & coast (1)

1840 Parsley Bay, Southside, View from the Botanical Gardens, Jan 7th 1840 1840$25.6kSign up
1840 Sydney from Lewis’s Ground (1840)$496kSign up
1841 The Axeman 1841$5.3kSign up
1846 St Thomas' Church, North Sydney c1846$22.2kSign up
1846 VIEW TO THE FORT, SYDNEY HARBOUR 1846$18.9kSign up
1847 Untitled (Harbour Shore Scene) 1847Unsold
1849 View of Sydney from the North Shore 1849$28.2kSign up

1850s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $35.6kSign up
Average: $35.6kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 21.5 in (37 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (2)

1854 Greycliffe House, Vaucluse, Sydney (1854)$19.7kSign up
1855 View on the North Shore with the Parramatta River (circa 1855)$51.4kSign up
1855 VIEW ON THE NORTH SHORE WITH THE PARRAMATTA RIVER (CIRCA 1855)Unsold

1860s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $8.7kSign up
Average: $10.7kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 17.5 in (32 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1860 Inlet$1.5kSign up
1862 Thornwaite 1862$22kSign up
1862 MOUNT WINGEN, HUNTER VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES (1862)$8.7kSign up

1870s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 14 × 21 in (35 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1875 Crown Ridge, Mudgee RoadUnsold

Creation date not recorded

3 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $6.7kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 10 in (18 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Rio Santa Cruz$6.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 15 in (21 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2022 Govt House from the Domain$282Sign up
sold 2026 Sydney from the North Shore$1.8kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Conrad Martens auction results →