Artist.
Born at Winnipeg on 24 January 1914, one of four sons of Frederick Hugh Martin (1884-1950) and Josephine Maud Johnson (1886-1954), he attended Isaac Brock School, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, and the Winnipeg School of Art. In 1938, he became a commercial artist at Brigden’s, interrupting his career during the Second World War to serve as an aerial photographer in the Royal Canadian Armed Force.
He returned to Brigden’s after the war and rose to the position of Art Director. He took early retirement to focus on painting. His work in oil, acrylic, and watercolour featured landscapes of the Canadian prairies, the forests of southeastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, and views of Lake Winnipeg from his cottage at Ponemah.
On 5 July 1941, he married schoolteacher Frances Mary “Fran” Riddell (?-1998, daughter of J. C. Riddell) at Westminster United Church and they had two daughters. He was President of the Manitoba Society of Artists (1960-1962). He died at Winnipeg on 17 December 2010. In 2024, a collection of his art was sold as a fundraiser for Westworth United Church.
Marriage registration [Frederick Hugh Martin, Josephine Maud Johnson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Kenneth Frederick Stanley Martin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Kenneth Frederick Stanley Martin, Frances Mary Riddell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Westminster Church for Martin-Riddell wedding,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 July 1941, page 11.
“Frederick Martin, community club leader, dies at 65,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 January 1950, page 8.
Obituary [Frances Mary Martin], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1998, page 38.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 December 2010.
“Living on through art,” Free Press Community Review (West Edition), 8 May 2024, page 11.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 May 2024
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