Robert-Gemmel Hutchison Auction Prices and Value Guide
Robert-Gemmel Hutchison auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 699 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Robert-Gemmel Hutchison auction prices: quick answer
Robert-Gemmel Hutchison auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Robert-Gemmel Hutchison
- Source records
- 699
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Robert-Gemmel Hutchison
Robert Gemmell Hutchison (1855–1936) was a Scottish painter best known for his coastal landscapes and genre scenes depicting everyday life along the Scottish shoreline. A member of both the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), Hutchison occupied a respected position within the Edinburgh art establishment at the turn of the twentieth century. His work is associated with British Impressionism, blending a Scottish landscape tradition with a looser, light-filled approach to colour and atmosphere. Paintings such as Children Wading, Coast Scene with Girl, and The Dead Seagull show his recurring interest in the interplay between figures and the sea. Hutchison's subjects — fisherfolk, children at play, and quiet domestic moments — gave his coastal compositions broad popular appeal and continue to circulate regularly at auction in the UK and beyond.
British ImpressionismScottish landscape schoolOil on canvasWatercolourCoastal scenesChildren and genre scenesScottish landscapesMarine subjects
Common works and media
Hutchison's most commonly encountered works are oil paintings and watercolours of Scottish coastal scenes, often featuring children, fisherfolk, or domestic figures against seascape backdrops. Titles recorded in authority files include Children Wading, Coast Scene with Girl, The Dead Seagull, A Fresh Day at Machrihanish, Baby by Fireside, and A Dutch Mother. Smaller oil sketches, study panels, and exhibition-sized canvases all appear at auction. Works are typically signed with his full name or initials.
Market and appraisal context
Robert Gemmell Hutchison's auction market is anchored by sales at Christie's and Sotheby's, with 12 lots recorded in Appraisily's auction index spanning 2007–2025. Of those, 7 carry realised prices. The core of the market consists of oil paintings sold at Christie's London in 2007–2008, where prices ranged from £250 (Collecting driftwood, small work) to £18,600 (On the boats, Christie's, May 2007). The median priced lot sits near £3,120 (GBP), with the upper quartile around £3,600. Major genre compositions with narrative detail — children, boats, coastal genre scenes — command the highest prices. The most recent auction entry (December 2025, Theodore Bruce, AUD 90) appears to be a misattributed lot for a different artist (Robert G Baker) and should be excluded from Hutchison-specific valuation analysis. Genuine Hutchison lots have not appeared at auction since a Sotheby's offering in July 2023 (Waiting on the milkman, unsold or price not published). Liquidity is low, with effectively zero confirmed Hutchison sales in the past 12 months.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Oil on canvas
- Watercolour
Value drivers
- [object Object]
Appraisal caveats
- No single museum monograph or catalogue raisonné was identified in the source pack; attribution should be verified against signature, provenance, and specialist consultation.
- The source pack did not include specific auction-house records with realized prices; Appraisily auction data may supplement this gap for individual work valuations.
- The Appraisily auction-record index contains a misattributed lot (December 2025, Theodore Bruce, AUD 90, titled 'Robert G (Bob) Baker, Australia (b. 1937), Moonrise') that does not belong to Robert Gemmell Hutchison. Price statistics in the source pack (minPrice: 90) are affected by this entry.
- Only 7 of 12 recorded lots carry realised prices, limiting the reliability of price-distribution analysis. Five lots have null prices (unsold, bought-in, or price not published).
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 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
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