Conrad Martens
Australian · 1801–1878 · Painter, Printmaker
Conrad Martens was an English-born landscape painter active on HMS Beagle from 1833 to 1834. He arrived in Australia in 1835 and painted there until his death in 1878. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Sydney from Lewis’s Ground (1840)Smith & Singer · A$736,364≈ $496,236≈ £380,812≈ €446,416Sign up to see
View on the North Shore with the Parramatta River (circa 1855)Smith & Singer · A$54,900≈ $51,439≈ £30,555≈ €37,539Sign up to see
View of Sydney from the North Shore 1849Menzies · A$27,000≈ $28,210≈ £17,513≈ €21,851Sign up to see
Conrad Martens’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
16
of 20 offered · 2010–2026
Sell-through
80%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 2 | 100% | $261kSign up | $261kSign up | $496kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $261kSign up | $261kSign up | $496kSign up |
| Works on paper | 16 | 12 | 75% | $18.2kSign up | $19.3kSign up | $51.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 15 | 12 | 80% | $18.2kSign up | $19.3kSign up | $51.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Prints & multiples | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1kSign up | $1kSign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1kSign up | $1kSign up | $1.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.