# David Gentleman artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-30T04:13:34.480Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English, British
- Common media: watercolour, lithography, wood engraving, painting

## About David Gentleman

David William Gentleman (born 1930, London) is an English painter, illustrator, and printmaker whose career spans watercolour, lithography, and wood engraving. He studied painting at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash, and became known for the breadth of his output — from platform-length murals commissioned for Charing Cross Underground Station in London to postage-stamp designs and corporate logos. His work is held by Tate, and he is represented in major library and art-history authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. Collectors encounter Gentleman's work across fine-art prints, watercolours, and graphic-design commissions.

## Common works and media

Original watercolour paintings, wood-engraved prints, lithographs, postage-stamp designs, logo and graphic-design work, book illustrations, and mural-scale paintings. Watercolour landscapes and architectural subjects are among the most frequently encountered work types at auction. Limited-edition prints and illustrated books also appear regularly in secondary-market listings.

## Market and appraisal context

David Gentleman's work appears at auction primarily as prints, watercolours, and works on paper. Valuation is influenced by medium (wood engraving versus watercolour versus lithograph), the scale and ambition of the piece, and whether the work was produced for a documented commission such as London Transport or the Royal Mail. Provenance linking a work to a named project or publication may strengthen its market position. Institutional representation at Tate provides a baseline of recognition. Collectors should note that Gentleman's output spans both fine art and applied design, and auction results will differ significantly between original watercolours and reproduced print or stamp designs.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realised prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For David Gentleman, identity data is grounded in Tate, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata authority files.

## Sources

- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-gentleman-1148
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500028977
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79026005/
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/30930
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017956
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gentleman
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50020202