# Arthur Vidal Diehl artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-vidal-diehl/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:01:30.796Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Impressionism
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Arthur Vidal Diehl](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Arthur_diehl.jpg)
Arthur Diehl · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_diehl.jpg

## About Arthur Vidal Diehl

Arthur Vidal Diehl (1870–1929) was a British painter described in the available biographical sources as an Impressionist landscape artist. Public authority records identify him as Arthur Diehl, while English-language material uses the fuller Arthur Vidal Diehl. A corroborating source describes him as English-American, so nationality wording should remain cautious until stronger archival evidence clarifies whether that label reflects citizenship, residence, or career history. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on landscape paintings and in auction catalogues, where Appraisily has matched numerous public sale records. The collected sources do not establish a detailed chronology, training history, named series, or firmly documented range of media beyond painting. Identification should therefore consider the complete object record: signature and inscriptions, subject, materials, dimensions, condition, provenance, and comparison with securely attributed works. The Impressionist label offers useful historical context, but it does not establish attribution or authentication for an individual object.

## Common works and media

Landscape paintings are the only work type clearly supported across the collected biographical sources. Appraisily's matched auction data places Diehl principally within fine art and paintings, while also displaying broader categories such as works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Those broader classifications may reflect database categorization rather than a documented account of his practice, so individual objects should be checked for medium, support, signature, inscriptions, dimensions, subject, and attribution wording before they are used as comparables.

## Market and appraisal context

Arthur Vidal Diehl auction results should be compared with works that are genuinely similar in medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, provenance, and attribution status. Appraisily's public market page reports a broad observed range, illustrating why a single overall average or median cannot determine the value of a specific work. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, surface condition, exhibition or ownership history, and supporting catalogue references may all affect comparability. Broad database categories beyond paintings should be checked against individual lot descriptions because the available biographical sources do not confirm that sculpture, mixed media, decorative objects, or editions were characteristic parts of Diehl's practice. Private transactions and incomplete public feeds can also limit the market picture.

## 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 results are evidence inputs, not authentication or a complete appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2322857
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/95758
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-vidal-diehl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Diehl
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Diehl