# Barbara Rae artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Scottish, British
- Common media: oil painting, printmaking (screenprint, etching, monoprint)

## About Barbara Rae

Dame Barbara Rae is a Scottish painter and printmaker born in Stirling in 1943. She studied at Edinburgh School of Art from 1961 to 1965 before embarking on a career that has established her as one of Scotland's most respected contemporary artists. Rae later taught at the Glasgow School of Art and was a visiting instructor at the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore in 1984. She is a member of both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Arts, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to art. Her dual practice in painting and printmaking has produced a substantial body of work recognized across the United Kingdom and internationally, with holdings in public and private collections.

## Common works and media

Rae works primarily in oil on canvas and board alongside printmaking media including screenprints, etchings, and monoprints. Her compositions are often semi-abstract, drawing on landscape and travel with a distinctive use of rich colour. Collectors may encounter both unique paintings and editioned prints at auction and through galleries.

## Market and appraisal context

Barbara Rae's work appears regularly at auction under Modern and Contemporary British Art, Scottish Art, and Contemporary Prints. Her oil paintings on canvas and board, as well as her screenprints and etchings, are the most commonly encountered work types. Collectors evaluating Rae pieces should consider whether the work is a unique painting or an editioned print, edition size and impression number, provenance, exhibition history, condition, and date of execution. Works with documented gallery provenance or from notable exhibition periods may attract stronger interest. Auction results are documented across major UK and international houses.

## Appraisily data basis

This artist page draws on published identity records from the Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and Wikidata, combined with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when available from Appraisily and Invaluable sources.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15968922
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rae
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500101197
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/64217746/
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/65407
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2005026543