# Dana Bartlett artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/dana-bartlett/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:24:37.891Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Illustration

## About Dana Bartlett

Dana Bartlett (1878–1957) was an American painter and illustrator documented by Wikidata and the VIAF authority network, which connects Library of Congress and Getty ULAN records for the same person. The collected evidence distinguishes this artist from Dana W. Bartlett, a Congregationalist minister and writer whose Wikipedia page refers to a different individual. VIAF associates the artist’s authority record with the title Still Life with Ginger Jar and with a bibliographic reference concerning early artists in Laguna Beach and the Impressionists. Those references provide useful research context but do not, by themselves, establish Bartlett’s membership in a formal movement. The present source pack also lacks a detailed training history, exhibition chronology, and comprehensive catalogue of works. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Bartlett through paintings, illustrative work, authority-catalog records, and auction listings that require careful identity matching.

## Common works and media

Authority data identifies Bartlett as a painter and illustrator, supporting paintings and illustrative works as the principal types collectors may encounter. VIAF also links the artist’s record to the title Still Life with Ginger Jar, providing limited evidence for still-life subject matter. The source pack does not establish specific paint media, print techniques, edition practices, sculpture, ceramics, or a comprehensive list of recurring subjects.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with identity control because the artist shares a name with Dana W. Bartlett, a minister and writer. Authority evidence supports classifying the artist as a painter and illustrator. The collected Appraisily input indicates auction records exist, but the page fetch was rate-limited, so specific lots, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, and provenance were not verified here. Use only records demonstrably attributed to the American artist who lived from 1878 to 1957, keeping same-name records separate. When detailed lots are available, compare like work types and read auction results as historical observations rather than current-value forecasts. This evidence is adequate for core entity matching but too thin for price trends, rarity claims, or medium-specific conclusions.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Dana Bartlett, this source pack supports the core identity but does not expose verified individual lot details.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/17158761/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27135403
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500093996
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_W._Bartlett
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/dana-bartlett/