# James Wigley artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:36:21.425Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Painting

## About James Wigley

James V. Wigley (1918–1999) is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as an Australian painter. Authority records also connect the name with Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Art UK, helping distinguish him from other people named James Wigley. A secondary biography gives his fuller name as James Vandeleur Wigley and associates his painting with Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes. Those subject descriptions remain less firmly documented than his identity and occupation because the collected material does not include a readable museum biography or scholarly catalogue. No specific movement or school can be assigned responsibly from this evidence. Collectors are most likely to encounter Wigley through Australian paintings and auction records catalogued under variants such as James V. Wigley or James V Wigley.

## Common works and media

The collected identity sources support paintings as Wigley's principal work type. A secondary biography specifically associates him with desert landscapes and Aboriginal camp scenes, but those subjects should be treated as provisional until corroborated by museum records or a scholarly catalogue. The source pack does not establish a documented market in prints, editions, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, or posters.

## Market and appraisal context

The available evidence establishes Wigley as a painter but does not provide enough accessible auction-lot detail to characterize prices, demand, or market direction. An appraisal should first confirm that the signature, catalogue attribution, and authority identity refer to the Australian painter who died in 1999 rather than another James Wigley. The work itself should then be assessed from its medium, dimensions, subject, date, physical condition, provenance, and any labels or exhibition history. Public results are most useful when the comparable lots match the work type and attribution and disclose sale date, realized price, condition, and dimensions. No price forecast is supported by this source pack.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Here, the identity evidence is stronger than the accessible market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6144573
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95024595/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500072227
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_V._Wigley