# John Bellany artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-bellany/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:00:40.155Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1942-06-18
- Death date: 2013-08-28
- Nationality: Scottish
- Common media: Painting

## About John Bellany

John Bellany (1942–2013) was a Scottish painter whose identity is consistently represented across Wikidata, VIAF, IdRef, Getty ULAN, Tate, and MoMA records. The authority files establish his life dates and Scottish identification, while Tate and MoMA provide stable museum-level artist profiles. In auction and appraisal settings, Bellany is therefore best approached first as a documented painter with a well-resolved public entity, reducing the risk of confusion with similarly named makers. Collectors may encounter his paintings in secondary-market records as well as through institutional collection research. This source pack does not provide enough reliable detail to assign him a particular movement, recurring subject group, named series, or broader range of media, so those points should be checked against individual works and stronger cataloguing before publication. Appraisily can connect this secure identity foundation with auction records without overstating unsupported stylistic claims.

## Common works and media

The collected sources securely identify Bellany as a painter, so paintings are the principal work type this profile can name with confidence. The pack does not establish specific paint types, supports, recurring subjects, named series, or the frequency of drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editions. Those characteristics should be taken from the individual object, museum cataloguing, or a documented auction entry rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

The source pack includes an Appraisily auction-price page but no public lot-level excerpts, so it supports only a cautious market summary. Begin by confirming that a work is correctly attributed to the documented John Bellany, then compare it with records matching the relevant work type and available sale context. The supplied evidence does not establish artist-specific premiums for condition, dimensions, provenance, date, subject, or edition status; each must be verified in the individual catalogue entry. Realized prices, sale dates, auction-house descriptions, and comparable lots can inform an appraisal when those records are available, but they should not be treated as a prediction of a future sale. Conclusions remain provisional until the object and relevant records are reviewed.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine documented artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market evidence are kept distinct so unsupported stylistic or valuation claims are not presented as established facts.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/117997390
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/145148995959359751765/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6221467
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500007093
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-bellany-732
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/449
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-bellany/