# George Herbert McCord artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1848-08-01
- Death date: 1909-04-06
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Hudson River School (second generation)
- Common media: Oil painting, Watercolor, Pastel, Black and white drawing

## About George Herbert McCord

George Herbert McCord (1848–1909) was an American painter associated with the second generation of the Hudson River School. Born in New York City, he spent most of his career based in Brooklyn and maintained a studio in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1883 onward. McCord traveled extensively throughout his career, including a documented period working in the Netherlands around 1900. He is best known for atmospheric marine and landscape paintings rendered in oil, watercolor, and pastel, as well as accomplished black-and-white drawings. His seascapes and coastal views are considered his most characteristic work, reflecting the luminist sensitivity to light and atmosphere shared by later Hudson River School practitioners. McCord's paintings appear regularly in the American art market, and his work is documented in major reference sources including Bénézit and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Common works and media

McCord's most commonly encountered works are oil-on-canvas marine and landscape paintings, often depicting coastal scenes, harbors, and atmospheric views of the American Northeast. Watercolor landscapes and pastel studies also appear with some regularity. His black-and-white drawings are less frequent at auction. Subjects typically include seascapes with vessels, shoreline compositions, river views, and mountain landscapes. Works range from small cabinet paintings to larger exhibition-scale canvases.

## Market and appraisal context

McCord's work appears with moderate frequency at auction, with over 300 recorded lots. Oil paintings of marine and landscape subjects typically attract the strongest interest from collectors of 19th-century American art. Watercolors and drawings are less commonly encountered but also appear at auction. Appraisal of McCord's work should consider medium, dimensions, subject matter (coastal and harbor scenes being most sought after), condition, provenance, and exhibition history. Attribution should be carefully verified, as McCord's style overlaps with other late Hudson River School and luminist painters of the same era. Market results can vary considerably based on these factors.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine verified artist identity research from library authority files and museum sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For George Herbert McCord, identity data is sourced from Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and the Library of Congress name authority file. Market observations draw on the Invaluable auction database and published auction-house records.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5542292
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert_McCord
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002680
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95697007/
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/54316