# Henry Woods artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1846-04-22
- Death date: 1921-10-27
- Nationality: British
- Movements: Neo-Venetian school
- Common media: oil painting

## About Henry Woods

Henry Woods (1846–1921) was a British painter and illustrator recognized as one of the leading figures of the Neo-Venetian school. Born in Warrington, England, Woods relocated to Venice, where he spent much of his career capturing the city's architecture, canals, and daily life. His genre scenes and landscapes reflect the influence of his teacher Cecil van Haanen and the broader tradition of British artists drawn to northern Italy in the late nineteenth century. Woods exhibited regularly in London and his Venetian subjects earned him a reputation among collectors of Victorian and European academic painting. He died in Venice in 1921. His work is held in public collections including the Tate, which maintains a dedicated artist entry confirming his dates and practice.

## Common works and media

Woods is best known for oil-on-canvas paintings depicting Venetian street and canal scenes, genre interiors, and landscape views. His output includes both finished exhibition-scale canvases and smaller cabinet works. Works on paper, including illustrations from his earlier career, may also surface. Subjects frequently feature Venetian architecture, figures in period dress, and atmospheric light effects characteristic of the Neo-Venetian school.

## Market and appraisal context

Woods's paintings appear at auction primarily within Victorian and 19th-century European picture sales. Oil paintings of Venetian genre subjects and architectural views tend to be the most sought-after. Collectors should consider provenance linking to the artist's Venetian period, exhibition records, condition of the paint layer and support, and whether a work can be securely attributed. Comparable public auction records for Neo-Venetian school artists of similar standing provide useful context, though specific realized prices for Woods should be verified against recent sale databases.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Henry Woods, identity data is grounded in the RKD, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Tate records cited on this page.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/85540
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12073144
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/294898942/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027609
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-woods-610
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woods_(painter)