# Charles James McCall artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-james-mccall/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:47:14.703Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting

## About Charles James McCall

Charles James McCall (1907–1989) is recorded by Wikidata as a British painter. VIAF links the same lifespan and authority identity, although its aggregated Getty label describes him as American, leaving nationality in need of further verification. Authority-linked titles including Blackfriars, London, City by Night, Corner in Chelsea, Knightsbridge, London Street in Snow, At the Dressing Table, The Hat Shop, Making the Bed, and Maquillage indicate work associated with city streets, domestic interiors, and figure-centered scenes. These titles suggest that collectors are most likely to encounter McCall through paintings of London life and intimate interiors rather than through a documented movement or formal series. Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD, and Art UK profiles help distinguish him from similarly named artists. The available source pack does not establish exact birth or death dates, training, exhibition history, or a securely sourced movement affiliation.

## Common works and media

Available authority-linked titles point primarily to paintings. Recurring subjects include London streets and districts—Blackfriars, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, snow-covered streets, and nocturnal city views—as well as interiors and everyday activities such as dressmaking, making a bed, visiting a hat shop, or sitting at a dressing table. The pack does not document prints, sculptures, ceramics, editions, or named series, so those categories should not be attributed without object-level evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The source pack indicates an auction-record presence for McCall on Appraisily, but the collected page was rate-limited and did not expose individual lot details. Appraisal should therefore begin with a firm identity match to Charles James McCall (1907–1989), followed by comparison of the work’s title, subject, and setting with documented urban and interior themes. London locations or domestic scenes may help organize comparable searches, but they do not prove authorship. When complete records are available, relevant sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely similar lots should be reviewed together. No price trend, scarcity claim, or current-value conclusion is supported by this source pack alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21463126
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002822
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95697872/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/54307
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-james-mccall/