# Jacob Kramer artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jacob-kramer/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:07:16.627Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Ukrainian, British
- Common media: Painting, Lithography, Drawing, Graphic design

## Portrait

![Jacob Kramer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Roy_%26_Mary_Campbell_%28left%29%2C_Jacob_Kramer_%26_Dolores_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roy_%26_Mary_Campbell_(left),_Jacob_Kramer_%26_Dolores_(cropped).jpg

## About Jacob Kramer

Jacob Kramer (1892–1962) was a Ukrainian–British painter and graphic designer whose career was based in Leeds. Authority data also identifies him as a lithographer and draftsman, so collectors may encounter his name on paintings, drawings, lithographs, and other graphic works. The collected biography describes Kramer as Russian-born, while the available entity record uses Ukrainian–British nationality; that difference in geographic framing should be treated cautiously rather than collapsed into a more specific claim. Stable identifiers maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, Tate, RKD, and Art UK help distinguish this artist from people with similar names. Appraisily has a page-level signal showing that works attributed to Kramer appear in auction data. However, the supplied sources do not provide enough work-level scholarship to assign a movement, recurring subject, or named series confidently. Those aspects should remain open until accessible museum records or scholarly catalogues provide firmer evidence.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings, drawings and other works on paper, lithographs, prints, or graphic works attributed to Jacob Kramer. These categories reflect the occupations and media documented by Wikidata and VIAF. The current source pack does not substantiate particular subjects, named series, edition practices, or a hierarchy of media in the auction market.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by confirming that the signature, attribution, and catalogue identity correspond to the Jacob Kramer represented by the linked authority records. Medium and work type matter because published authority data associates him with painting, drawing, lithography, and graphic design. Comparisons should therefore be made within the closest relevant category rather than treating every attributed work as equivalent. Appraisily can use comparable public auction lots when their descriptions, sale dates, and realized prices are available, but the supplied source pack does not include lot-level evidence. It consequently supports neither a price forecast nor claims about market direction, scarcity, condition, provenance, edition status, or the relative demand for particular subjects.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When available, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots are evaluated alongside the documented identity and work type; gaps in the evidence are retained rather than filled with unsupported claims.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118879
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30707475/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Kramer
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500021553
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89629396
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jacob-kramer-1440
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/kramer-jacob-18921962
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jacob-kramer/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roy_%26_Mary_Campbell_(left),_Jacob_Kramer_%26_Dolores_(cropped).jpg