# Albert F. King artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/albert-f-king/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:49:42.633Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Albert F. King

Albert F. King, also identified as Albert Francis King, was an American painter who lived from 1854 to 1945. The public sources collected for this page associate him with Pittsburgh and describe him primarily as a painter of highly realistic still lifes featuring fruit and vegetables. He also worked as a portraitist, reportedly painting prominent Pittsburgh figures including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Heinz, and Henry Clay Frick. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in connection with traditional still-life compositions or commissioned portraiture. His documented subjects place his work within the representational painting culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although the available source pack does not establish a specific formal movement or school. The combination of a clear regional association, a recognizable still-life specialty, and a separate portrait practice provides the most reliable context for identifying works offered under his name.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Albert F. King most commonly appear as paintings, especially realistic still lifes of fruit and vegetables. Portrait paintings form another documented part of his practice. The collected sources do not establish specific print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other recurring work types.

## Market and appraisal context

The strongest supported market distinction for Albert F. King is subject matter: fruit and vegetable still lifes versus portraits. Appraisal research should begin by determining which category accurately describes the work and then locating comparable public lots with sufficiently similar characteristics. This source pack does not provide readable lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, sale dates, or realized prices, and the collected Appraisily auction page was rate-limited. Those details should be checked in the underlying auction records before drawing a valuation conclusion. No price trend, market direction, rarity claim, or value range can be supported from the collected biographical sources alone.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18507707
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Francis_King
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002830
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95697935/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/87396
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/albert-f-king/