# Cavendish Morton artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:51:30.236Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British, Scottish
- Movements: Norwich Twenty Group
- Common media: Oil painting, Watercolour, Woodcut

## About Cavendish Morton

Cavendish Morton (1911–2015) was a British painter and illustrator; linked authority data also describes him as Scottish and records activity as a watercolourist and woodcutter. The available biographical summary associates Morton with the Norwich Twenty Group and identifies oils and watercolours as central to his practice. Marine scenes and landscapes were recurring subjects. The same account reports that he exhibited at the Royal Academy and belonged to the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His record is therefore best understood within twentieth-century British regional painting and professional exhibiting-society practice rather than through a clearly documented avant-garde movement. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on representational landscapes, coastal or marine views, and works executed on paper or canvas. Authority records establish his identity and life years, although fuller institutional documentation of his career remains desirable.

## Common works and media

Available sources point chiefly to oil paintings and watercolours depicting marine scenes and landscapes. VIAF's Getty-linked authority data also identifies Morton as a woodcutter, so woodcuts may appear in attribution or appraisal research. Each medium should be classified separately when selecting comparable works.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first match the object to Cavendish Morton the painter, born in 1911, because public searches also surface another person with the same name. Medium provides an important basis for comparison: an oil painting, watercolour, and woodcut should not be treated as equivalent work types. Subject matter also helps organize relevant evidence, particularly for marine views and landscapes. When auction records are available, sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely comparable lots should be examined at the individual-record level. The collected source pack did not provide accessible lot details or a major-auction-house biography, so it does not support a price range, market trend, or prediction for a specific work.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity data with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Cavendish Morton, the current identity evidence is stronger than the collected sale-level evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19826259
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95704947/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500003995
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_Morton_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/cavendish-morton/