# Augustus Edwin John artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T09:10:57.804Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Welsh, British
- Movements: Post-Impressionism
- Common media: Painting, Drawing and draughtsmanship, Etching and printmaking, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Augustus Edwin John](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Augustus_John_by_George_Charles_Beresford_%281902%29_%28NPG_x13487%29.jpg)
George Charles Beresford · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustus_John_by_George_Charles_Beresford_(1902)_(NPG_x13487).jpg

## About Augustus Edwin John

Augustus Edwin John was a Welsh and British painter, draughtsman, etcher, printmaker, and sculptor, born in 1878 and active until his death in 1961. He studied at the Slade School in London and became known across several forms of early twentieth-century British art. Museum and authority records connect his practice with painting, drawing, etching, graphic work, and sculpture, while reference sources commonly place him in a Post-Impressionist context. John is also remembered as the brother of painter Gwen John. Collectors may encounter his portraits, drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptural works in both institutional collections and the secondary market. His work can therefore appear under several auction categories, with the medium, date, subject, condition, provenance, and confidence of attribution all important to identification.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include paintings and portraits, drawings and other works on paper, etchings, graphic prints, sculptures, mixed-media works, and editions. His documented practice spans both unique works and reproducible graphic forms, so identifying the medium and whether a work is unique or editioned is important. For prints, edition details, impression information, paper, condition, and cataloguing can be especially relevant. For paintings, drawings, and sculpture, dimensions, date, surface quality, provenance, and attribution evidence help establish the most appropriate comparable group.

## Market and appraisal context

Augustus Edwin John appears across a broad range of public auction categories, including paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Appraisal should begin with close comparisons of medium, dimensions, date, period, subject, and quality. Condition and restoration history can materially affect the result, as can a secure signature, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Public auction records provide useful benchmarks, but they do not represent every private transaction or incomplete market record. Comparable sales should be reviewed carefully for attribution, fees or buyer premiums, and genuine similarity rather than treated as a guaranteed price indication.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562540
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/209346688/
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/augustus-john-om-1362
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG33082
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2920
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/035119888
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/augustus-edwin-john/
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_John
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_John