# Ben Abril artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-abril/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:10:05.762Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Ben Abril

Ben Abril (1923–1995) was an American painter best known for images of California. His work frequently records urban landscapes, vehicles, and buildings of historical interest, with additional attention to weathered structures, ghost towns, and old roads crossing rural places. This subject range gives his paintings a strong sense of place and makes them relevant to collectors of California regional art, architectural views, transportation imagery, and visual records of changing communities. Scenes connected with an earlier, now-transformed Los Angeles are especially prominent in accounts of his work and are described as among his most sought-after subjects. Public identity records distinguish Abril as a twentieth-century American painter, while the supplied Appraisily dataset associates 272 auction records with his name. Further institutional research would be useful for establishing a fuller chronology, training history, exhibition record, and detailed account of his materials and techniques.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter paintings depicting California places. Documented subjects include Los Angeles streets and urban settings, historic or weathered buildings, vehicles, ghost towns, and old roads through rural areas. The collected sources do not support adding prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, editions, or a more specific painting medium to this profile.

## Market and appraisal context

Subject matter is the clearest valuation consideration documented in the available sources. Scenes of vanished Los Angeles are described as particularly sought after, while California urban views, historic buildings, vehicles, ghost towns, and rural roads provide distinct groups for comparison. The supplied Appraisily dataset associates 272 auction records with Ben Abril's name, but the source pack contains no major auction-house catalogue entries, realized-price details, or evidence of a price trend. An appraisal should therefore confirm the artist attribution and compare the work with dated public sales of genuinely similar paintings. Record count alone should not be interpreted as proof of authenticity, a particular value, or future market performance.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Ben Abril, the present source pack supports core identity and subject information, but detailed auction-house and price evidence remains limited.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669110
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abril
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27868880/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87878801
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118853325
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000026531871
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-abril/