# Charles Hewitt artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-hewitt/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:27:25.791Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking and works on paper, Sculpture, Mixed media, Public art

## About Charles Hewitt

Charles “Charlie” Hewitt (born 1946) is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and public artist associated with Maine and with public projects in Maine and New York. Public authority data identifies him primarily as Charlie Hewitt, while the Appraisily auction index also matches the Charles Hewitt form. His practice spans two-dimensional and three-dimensional work, so collectors may encounter paintings, prints and other works on paper, sculpture, mixed-media objects, or editions under either name. The available source pack does not establish a formal art movement, detailed chronology, or recurring subjects, and those points should not be inferred from the auction index alone. Available entity anchors include the Wikidata record, international library identifiers, the Library of Congress authority link, and the artist’s official website. These identifiers can help distinguish the artist from other people named Charles Hewitt and support more reliable cataloguing of auction records.

## Common works and media

Common auction-facing formats in the collected index include paintings and fine art, prints and other works on paper, sculpture and mixed-media pieces, plus decorative objects and editions. The biographical source also identifies Hewitt as a public artist, but a public project should not be treated as directly comparable to a portable auction work. Medium, scale, date, edition status, inscriptions, and condition should be recorded separately for each object.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s public index groups Hewitt results across fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Because those categories can contain materially different objects, appraisal should begin with a close comparison of medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, subject matter, and attribution confidence. Recent public auction records for genuinely comparable works are more useful than a single artist-wide median. Reported results may differ in whether premiums or fees are included, while private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear. The Charles/Charlie name variation also warrants record-level identity checking before market conclusions are drawn.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and subsequent attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123312195
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hewitt_(artist)
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/50405940/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007002780
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/133077101
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000114724497
- Charles Hewitt: https://www.charliehewittstudio.com/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-hewitt/