# Ernest Albert Waterlow artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1850-05-24
- Death date: 1919-10-25
- Nationality: British, English
- Movements: British landscape painting, late Victorian and Edwardian era
- Common media: Oil on canvas, Drawing

## About Ernest Albert Waterlow

Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850–1919) was a British landscape painter and draftsperson active during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Born and based in London, Waterlow built a reputation for atmospheric landscapes depicting the English countryside — particularly the Thames Valley and Sussex — as well as scenes from northern France, including Fontainebleau, the Somme valley, and the banks of the River Loing. His work also includes coastal views of the Côte d'Azur and genre subjects such as Galway Gossips. He was knighted for his contributions to art, and his work is held in public collections including the Tate. Waterlow's paintings reflect the broader current of British landscape tradition in the decades flanking the turn of the twentieth century.

## Common works and media

Waterlow's most commonly encountered works are oil-on-canvas landscape paintings, typically depicting rural English or French scenery — rivers, moorlands, forests, and coastal views. Known titles include scenes of the Thames Valley, Fontainebleau oaks, the River Loing, the Somme valley, and the Côte d'Azur. He also produced drawings and watercolors. His canvases range from intimate cabinet sizes to larger exhibition-scale works. Genre scenes and figure-in-landscape compositions, such as Galway Gossips, also appear in auction records.

## Market and appraisal context

Ernest Albert Waterlow's paintings appear regularly at auction, with over 200 recorded lots spanning oils on canvas and works on paper. Landscape subjects — especially river scenes, moorland views, and French countryside settings — dominate his auction profile. Appraisal value depends on size, condition, provenance, subject appeal, and whether the painting carries a clear signature and date. Works with strong exhibition histories or distinguished provenance tend to achieve higher results. As a late Victorian and Edwardian landscape painter, his market sits within the broader category of British traditional painting, where collector interest is steady but specialized.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from museum, library authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Ernest Albert Waterlow, identity data is grounded in records from the Tate, the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), Getty ULAN, and VIAF. Market observations reference the 206 documented auction lots in the Appraisily database.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/83003
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-ernest-albert-waterlow-584
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95816070/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500021879
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393988
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Waterlow