# Grace Carpenter Hudson artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:35:16.103Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Portrait painting

## Portrait

![Grace Carpenter Hudson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Photograph_of_Grace_Hudson%2C_c._1895.jpg)
Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photograph_of_Grace_Hudson,_c._1895.jpg

## About Grace Carpenter Hudson

Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865–1937), also listed as Grace Hudson, was an American painter based in Northern California. She became nationally known during her lifetime for a numbered body of more than 684 portraits depicting members of local Pomo communities. The collected account places the beginning of this sequence after her marriage in 1891 and identifies 1935 as the year of her last completed work. Hudson is therefore encountered chiefly in the context of portrait painting, Northern California art, and historical representations of Pomo people. Collectors may find her work catalogued under either her full name or the shorter Grace Hudson form. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and the Library of Congress establish a consistent identity and lifespan. The present sources do not, however, justify assigning her to a particular named art movement or extending her documented practice to unsupported media.

## Common works and media

The collected sources most clearly document paintings, especially numbered portraits of members of local Pomo communities. They do not establish a broader recurring market in Hudson prints, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editions, so objects in those categories require separate authorship and medium research.

## Market and appraisal context

The source pack establishes Hudson's identity and portrait practice but does not provide accessible lot descriptions, realized prices, or comparable-sale details. Artist-specific appraisal research should begin by determining whether a work can be connected to her numbered portrait series, whether a work number or date is documented, and whether the depicted sitter and Pomo community context can be identified responsibly. Those features can help researchers select genuinely comparable works, but the collected evidence does not demonstrate that any single feature creates a market premium. Price trends and valuation ranges should be assessed only from verified public sales matched by work type, subject, documented series relationship, and sale date.

## 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. This source pack is stronger on Hudson's identity and documented portrait practice than on lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6326353/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591221
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500000425
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hudson
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84028061
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/40288
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/grace-carpenter-hudson/