# Annie French artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-24T23:01:07.486Z
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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Scottish
- Movements: Glasgow School
- Common media: watercolor, etching, painting, illustration and design

## About Annie French

Annie French (1872–1965) was a Scottish painter, illustrator, engraver, designer, and watercolorist associated with the Glasgow School, a movement that shaped late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century British art. Born in Glasgow, she trained and worked in Scotland and London over a career spanning roughly 1887 to 1965. French produced genre subjects across multiple media — watercolor, etching, and illustration — and is recognized for her contributions to the decorative and graphic arts within the Glasgow milieu. Her work appears under both her maiden name and the name Annie Rhead. She is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), confirming her standing in major international art-historical databases.

## Common works and media

French worked across watercolor, etching, painting, and illustration design. Collectors are most likely to encounter her output as small-scale watercolors, etched plates, and published illustrations or decorative designs. Genre subjects are recorded as a recurring theme. Works may appear under either 'Annie French' or 'Annie Rhead' in auction catalogues and collection records.

## Market and appraisal context

Annie French's works appear at auction primarily as watercolors, etchings, prints, and illustration art. Collectors evaluating her pieces should consider medium, condition, subject matter, date of execution, and any documented exhibition or publication history. Works with clear Glasgow School provenance or exhibition records may carry additional significance. Because no comprehensive catalogue raisonné is referenced in public authority sources, attribution should be confirmed through style comparison and documented provenance rather than assumed from signature alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library-authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Annie French, identity data is grounded in Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata authority files.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18670747
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_French
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026579
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95845779/
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/29372
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002043801