# Frank Nelson Wilcox artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:51:27.699Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1887-10-03
- Death date: 1964-04-17
- Nationality: American
- Movements: American modernism, Cleveland School of painters
- Common media: Watercolor

## Portrait

![Frank Nelson Wilcox](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/AAA_wilcfran_11627_450x388.jpg)
Frank N. Wilcox · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_N._Wilcox

## About Frank Nelson Wilcox

Frank Nelson Wilcox (1887–1964), also cataloged as Frank N. Wilcox, was an American modernist artist associated with Cleveland’s regional art history. Public reference sources identify watercolor as a particularly important part of his practice and connect him with the Cleveland School of painters. Wilcox is sometimes called the school’s “dean,” but the collected evidence notes that the same honorific has also been applied to other Cleveland artists; the broader regional association is therefore more dependable for identification. Collectors may encounter works cataloged under either his full name or the abbreviated form Frank N. Wilcox. Stable identifiers maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, GND, ISNI, and RKD can help distinguish him from similarly named people. These identity records provide a useful starting point when examining signatures, inscriptions, exhibition references, or earlier catalog descriptions connected with a possible Wilcox work.

## Common works and media

Watercolor paintings are the clearest documented type of work associated with Frank Nelson Wilcox in the collected sources. The pack does not provide sufficiently detailed evidence to characterize recurring subjects, named series, editions, or additional media, so those aspects should be established from the individual object and verified catalog or auction records.

## Market and appraisal context

Wilcox’s documented reputation as a watercolor specialist makes medium and work type the clearest supported starting points for market comparison. A watercolor should be compared with verified Wilcox watercolors rather than unrelated objects or works in a different medium. The collected source pack does not provide readable individual auction lots, so it cannot support conclusions about price direction, record results, scarcity, or premiums for particular subjects. A responsible appraisal should rely on object-specific evidence and comparable public sales whose artist attribution and medium can be checked. Authority profiles can help confirm that a catalog record refers to the correct Frank Nelson Wilcox, but they do not establish the authenticity or market value of an individual work.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available and verifiable. The present source pack supports basic identity and watercolor context but offers limited readable market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5488612
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_N._Wilcox
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%86._%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500042352
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95957285/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb99029870
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1078233217
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000078919501
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/109047
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/frank-nelson-wilcox/