# George Blackie Sticks artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:46:36.901Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Oil on canvas, Painting

## About George Blackie Sticks

George Blackie Sticks (1843–1938) was a British painter. Public authority records in the collected source set establish this basic identity, while documented works on Wikimedia Commons show an interest in Scottish landscape subjects. The examples include an oil-on-canvas view of Loch Goil and a painting of Ardvreck Castle in Sutherland; the latter image page identifies the painting with the Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate. These works illustrate the topographical landscape material under which collectors may encounter his name, but the available evidence does not establish a formal movement, training history, exhibition record, or complete catalogue. This page therefore describes Sticks conservatively as a British painter associated through documented examples with Scottish landscapes, without assigning a broader stylistic label. Auction records may assist comparison, but identity, attribution, medium, subject, and object-specific evidence should be checked for every work.

## Common works and media

Documented examples in the source pack are landscape paintings connected with Scotland. They include an oil-on-canvas view of Loch Goil and a painted view of Ardvreck Castle in Sutherland. These examples support describing Scottish landscape painting as a relevant work type, but they are not a catalogue raisonné and should not be treated as proof that all works bearing the artist’s name use the same medium or subject.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected material supports comparison at the level of work type, medium, and subject, particularly oil paintings depicting Scottish scenery. A useful appraisal comparison should match the object as closely as possible rather than relying on the artist’s name alone. Relevant distinctions include the stated medium and support, the location or landscape subject, and the quality of the attribution. Public auction records associated with George Blackie Sticks can provide additional context when full cataloguing, sale dates, and realized prices are available. The present source pack does not expose those details, so it cannot support a price trend, typical value range, or claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21462447
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/sticks-george-blackie-18431938
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500107203
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96481907/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/208842
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Blackie_Sticks_Loch_Goil.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardvreck_Castle_in_Sutherland,_Scotland_by_George_Blackie_Sticks.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-blackie-sticks/