# David Dridan artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-dridan/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:30:39.586Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Oil paint

## About David Dridan

David Clyde Dridan (born 1932) is an Australian painter associated with South Australia. Authority records identify him under both David Dridan and David Clyde Dridan, helping distinguish his works in catalogues and auction databases. The available public biography describes him as a landscape painter working principally in oils, with a particular connection to the Fleurieu Peninsula. His practice is therefore most readily encountered through painted views of the Australian landscape rather than through a documented school or formal movement; the collected sources do not support assigning one. Dridan has also been linked with efforts to encourage tourism and appreciation of wine and art in the Fleurieu region. For collectors, works may be catalogued under either the shortened or full form of his name. Because the available institutional biography is limited, medium, subject, signature, date, and provenance should be checked on the individual object rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

## Common works and media

Public biographical material describes Dridan chiefly as an oil landscape painter connected with South Australia and the Fleurieu Peninsula. Appraisily's auction index also groups matched records across paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions, although its snapshot says category concentration is broad or sparse. Treat non-painting attributions cautiously and verify signatures, materials, edition information, condition, and provenance for each work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public market snapshot records matched David Dridan auction results from 2005 to 2025, with 107 tracked lots and 64 priced records at the time of collection. The page reports a median realized result near $372 and an observed range of $5 to $2,000, but these figures are descriptive rather than a price forecast. A useful appraisal compares the same kind of work: medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, and attribution confidence. Edition details matter for prints and other multiples. Reported totals may treat buyer's premiums and fees differently, while private sales, missing feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear. Recent public sales should therefore be compared like for like and reviewed alongside the object itself.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public records are starting points and may not include private sales, complete fee information, or later attribution changes.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/66739526/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43129736
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500127849
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14973083z
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dridan
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-dridan/