# Ernest Parton artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-27T21:21:34.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1845-03-17
- Nationality: American
- Common media: oil painting

## About Ernest Parton

Ernest Parton was an American painter born in Hudson, New York, on March 17, 1845. Active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he worked primarily as a landscape painter. Parton is represented in the collection of the Tate in London, reflecting recognition by a major public institution. His biographical record is maintained in several art-historical authority files, including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), the Library of Congress Name Authority File, and the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in The Hague. With over 200 recorded auction lots, Parton's work has sustained collector visibility across decades of public sales. His landscapes typically depict pastoral and rural subjects in oil on canvas, consistent with the broader American landscape tradition of his era.

## Common works and media

Parton is known primarily for landscape paintings in oil on canvas. His subjects include pastoral scenes, rural views, and natural settings. Works appearing at auction range from smaller cabinet-size paintings to larger exhibition-scale canvases. No evidence of prints, editions, or sculptural work appears in the available authority sources.

## Market and appraisal context

Ernest Parton's paintings appear regularly at auction, with more than 200 recorded lots. His works are primarily landscape subjects in oil on canvas. Appraisal value depends on factors including size, condition, provenance, attribution confidence, and the quality of the composition. Comparable auction results from major and regional houses provide useful benchmarks. As with many American landscape painters of the late nineteenth century, prices can range significantly depending on these factors. Collectors should note the conflicting death-year records in authority files (1933 vs. 1938) and verify provenance dates accordingly.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/61940
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/34112903/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001082450
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ernest-parton-414
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18600489
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500000609