Kenneth Martin (English painter)

After his father's death, Martin worked in the city as a graphic designer, occasionally studying at the art school part-time.

During the 1940s Martin's work began to emphasise elements of structure and design until 1948–49 when, following Pasmore's lead, it became purely abstract.

[4] Though there was a tendency towards abstraction in British post-war art, it often had a representational base, as in the sculptures of Lynn Chadwick or, at first, Martin's own painting Chalk Farm of 1949.

"[6] Because such art was constructed according to scientific or mathematical models, the Martins turned to making reliefs and moving sculptures which they called "constructionist", although acknowledging their link with earlier European Constructivism.

[7] Kenneth Martin's Screwmobile of 1953, with its brass strips mounted in helical form, is considered a particularly representative example of that approach.

"[11] Diversifying from such works, he developed his adjustable Rotary Rings (1968) and the curved narrow blades of his motorised Kinetic Monument (1977).