# John Edward Heliker artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-30T15:00:25.000Z
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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1909-01-16
- Death date: 2000-02-22
- Nationality: American
- Common media: painting

## About John Edward Heliker

John Edward Heliker (1909–2000) was an American painter born in Yonkers, New York, who spent much of his later life in Maine. Active through the mid-twentieth century, Heliker is recognized in major reference works including Bénézit and Baigell's Dictionary of American Art. His painting practice encompassed landscape, coastal, and cityscape subjects, with titles such as The Cove, From Cranberry Isle, Dark Sky, and Athens: White Rocks reflecting a sustained engagement with place and atmosphere. Works by Heliker are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his career is documented by the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, the Getty Union List of Artist Names, and the Library of Congress authority file. He died in Maine in 2000 at the age of ninety-one.

## Common works and media

Heliker worked primarily as a painter. His recorded titles suggest oil paintings and possibly works on paper depicting coastal landscapes, inland scenery, and urban views. Subjects include Maine island and shore scenes (The Cove, From Cranberry Isle), atmospheric studies (Dark Sky, Immersion), and architectural subjects (The Howard House, Athens: White Rocks). Collectors may also encounter drawings or prints associated with his career, though painting appears to be his principal documented medium.

## Market and appraisal context

Heliker's work appears in the American painting category at auction, with 198 lots documented in Appraisily's auction records. Collectors evaluating Heliker paintings should consider medium and support, the subject matter (Maine coastal and landscape scenes are well-represented among his known titles), institutional provenance such as MoMA holdings, condition, and documented exhibition history. Because no published catalogue raisonné was identified in available sources, attribution for unsigned or unprovenanced works benefits from specialist examination. Published auction results from major houses should be consulted for comparable pricing.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from museum records, library authority files, and biographical reference works with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when those records are available. For John Edward Heliker, identity data is grounded in the RKD, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and MoMA collection records.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/37236
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File): https://viaf.org/viaf/31582225/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20856734
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500018919
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95044765
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2585