# Arthur Grover Rider artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:38:45.061Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Arthur Grover Rider

Arthur Grover Rider was an American painter whose life dates are usually recorded as 1886–1975. VIAF, however, preserves uncertainty around the birth year, giving 1885 or 1886, so the exact date remains unresolved in this profile. His identity is represented across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and RKD, providing a stable basis for matching his name across collection and market records. The collected public sources do not establish a documented movement, school, or named series, and they offer limited biographical context. Collectors may nevertheless encounter Rider through public auction listings. Appraisily groups matched records into broad categories that include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These category labels should not be treated as a verified catalogue of his output; each object requires its own medium, date, subject, condition, provenance, and attribution evidence.

## Common works and media

The collected authority and encyclopedia records identify Rider as a painter. Appraisily's matched auction data also places records in broad categories covering paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Because the source pack does not verify a complete oeuvre, recurring subject, named series, or standard edition practice, those broader category labels should be checked against the cataloguing, photographs, inscriptions, and physical characteristics of each individual object.

## Market and appraisal context

Arthur Grover Rider's available public auction records cover both priced and unpriced lots across a wide result range, so a headline median or price range should not be used as a stand-alone valuation. A useful comparison should match the object as closely as possible by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscription, provenance, and attribution confidence. Edition information matters when the work is a print or another multiple. Exhibition history and catalogue references may also strengthen identification and context. Reported auction totals can differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, while private transactions and incomplete feeds may be absent. Current comparable sales therefore provide context, not a guaranteed value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results are evidence inputs rather than authentication or appraisal conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43135864
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500117035
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96548824/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/96884
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Grover_Rider
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-grover-rider/