# Arthur Suker artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-suker/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:45:03.734Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Watercolour on paper, Gouache used with watercolour

## About Arthur Suker

Arthur Suker (1857–1902) is identified in public authority records as a British painter. The collected artwork records most clearly document watercolours on paper, including coastal views, cliffs, and river landscapes; one recorded example combines watercolour with gouache. These subjects place the available works within the broader tradition of British landscape painting, although the collected institutional sources do not establish Suker's membership in a named movement or school. Collectors may encounter signed watercolours ranging from compact landscape studies to larger coastal compositions, sometimes with titles, dates, labels, or inscriptions that help distinguish individual works. Suker's presence in public artist authorities, Art UK, and a substantial body of matched auction records provides a useful foundation for entity identification. Detailed biographical information remains limited, however, so claims about his training, residences, affiliations, or precise career chronology should await stronger scholarly documentation.

## Common works and media

The collected object records show watercolours on paper as a recurring work type, with subjects including beaches, coastal cliffs, river scenery, bridges, and sunset landscapes. Some examples are heightened with white or combine watercolour and gouache. Signed works, monograms, inscriptions, verso labels, dimensions, and framing details may assist identification, but each attribution should be assessed independently because some public object metadata contains conflicting life dates.

## Market and appraisal context

Arthur Suker's market record should be evaluated through closely comparable works rather than a single summary price. The available Appraisily record set spans public auction activity from 2002 through 2026 and includes both priced and unpriced entries, but its displayed lot totals require reconciliation. For appraisal purposes, the strongest comparisons will usually share the same medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, and attribution level. Signature and inscription details, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect relevance and value. Reported results can use different fee conventions, while private transactions and incomplete feeds may be absent. Coastal watercolours should therefore be compared with similar coastal works on paper, not with unrelated categories or works carrying weaker attributions.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public auction data supports research but does not replace object inspection, attribution review, condition assessment, or a formal appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21458904
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500079474
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/suker-arthur-18571902
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96247990/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/76033
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-suker/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Suker_-_f594baeb41.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Suker_-_c554254ae3.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Suker_-_5db4e48b5d.jpg