# Frank Wasley artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/frank-wasley/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:41:11.493Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting

## About Frank Wasley

Frank Wasley (1848–1934) was a British painter whose working life spanned the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century. Wikidata and Art UK agree on his identity and life years, while Getty ULAN and VIAF provide additional authority links. The available sources contain little detailed information about his training, exhibitions, or professional affiliations. Public-domain examples in the source pack show recurring Venetian subjects, including boats, fishing craft, calm water, and festivities around San Marco. These works offer useful visual context but do not establish a documented movement or school, so none is assigned here. Collectors may encounter Wasley through paintings of Venice and marine or waterside scenes, together with auction listings placed in broader fine-art and works-on-paper categories. Any identification should still be tested against the individual object's signature, medium, subject, provenance, and documented attribution.

## Common works and media

Available source-pack images show paintings of Venice, including boats, fishing craft, quiet water, and a festival scene around San Marco. Auction records may also place works under works on paper, prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Those broad classifications should be verified against each lot rather than treated as a complete catalogue of Wasley's practice.

## Market and appraisal context

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## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21460595
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500023501
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/wasley-frank-18481934
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/frank-wasley/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasley-frank-untitled-boat-and-bu-5004_470x.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Wasley_-Venice.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_wasley_the_evening_calm).jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_wasley_a_fishing_boat_venice).jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Wasley_Fiesta_San_Marco_in_Venice.jpg