Frederick George Cotman Auction Prices and Value Guide
Frederick George Cotman auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 215 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Frederick George Cotman auction prices: quick answer
Frederick George Cotman auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Frederick George Cotman
- Source records
- 215
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Frederick George Cotman
Frederick George Cotman (1850–1920) was a British painter and illustrator known for landscapes, portraits, and interior scenes. Active during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, Cotman produced work across a range of traditional genres, with a particular emphasis on rural English life, village scenes, and domestic interiors. His paintings such as The Dame School and At Fordwich, Kent capture everyday moments with a warmth and attention to detail characteristic of the period. Cotman exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and is associated with the Norwich School of painters, a regional tradition with deep roots in East Anglia. His portraits of civic figures and pastoral landscapes appear regularly in the British art market, making his work familiar to collectors of nineteenth-century British painting.
Norwich School of paintersOil paintingWatercolourLandscapesPortraitsInterior scenesRural and village life
Common works and media
Cotman worked primarily in oil on canvas, with watercolours also represented in museum and auction records. His most recognisable subjects include rural genre scenes such as schoolrooms, farmyards, and village streets, alongside portraiture of civic and professional sitters. Notable titles include The Dame School, An English Traveling Circus, Farmyard and Dovecote Nettlestead, and Christ Church Ferry. Interior scenes and landscapes of Kent and East Anglian countryside are also well represented in his output. Collectors may encounter both larger exhibition-scale canvases and smaller cabinet-sized works at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Frederick George Cotman's works appear with moderate frequency at British and international auction sales, with over two hundred catalogued lots recorded. Value depends heavily on subject matter—his genre scenes and interiors tend to outperform straightforward landscapes—as well as size, condition, provenance clarity, and whether the work was exhibited at the Royal Academy. Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as no modern catalogue raisonné exists. Works with strong exhibition or publication history, or those depicting characteristic Cotman subjects like village life and domestic interiors, are likely to attract more competitive bidding. As with all Victorian British paintings, professional condition assessment is essential before valuation.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- No dedicated catalogue raisonné was identified in available sources; attribution should be verified against known exhibited works and RKD documentation
- Exact death date is not confirmed in the source pack; some records list only the year 1920
- Market data drawn from 215 catalogued auction records in the Appraisily database
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Frederick George Cotman worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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