# John Yardley artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-yardley/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:58:20.605Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Watercolor, Works on paper, Paintings

## About John Yardley

John Yardley (born 1933) is a British artist identified by international library and art-authority records and known primarily for watercolor. VIAF connects his identity to Library of Congress, Getty ULAN, ISNI, and Wikidata records, helping distinguish this artist from other people with the same name. The available encyclopedia profile describes Yardley as a self-taught English watercolorist, author, teacher, and member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; those details are not independently confirmed by a museum or official artist source in the collected pack. His practice is commonly described in impressionistic terms, although the available evidence does not establish a formal movement affiliation. Collectors are most likely to encounter Yardley through paintings and works on paper offered at auction. Appraisily's matched records provide a market trail, but identity, medium, date, signature, condition, attribution, and provenance should be checked for each individual work.

## Common works and media

Watercolor is the strongest source-backed medium associated with John Yardley, making watercolor paintings and other works on paper the most relevant starting point for identification and comparison. Appraisily's existing auction classification also includes paintings and a broader works-on-paper-and-prints category. Because the source describes category concentration as broad or sparse, a print or work in another medium should be verified from the individual object's technique, signature, inscriptions, edition information, and auction documentation rather than assumed from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Market evidence in the collected source pack comes primarily from Appraisily's matched public auction records. Comparable sales should be narrowed to works sharing the same medium, dimensions, approximate date, subject, condition, and level of attribution. Signature and inscription evidence, provenance, restoration, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect how a work compares with previous sales. Reported results can differ in their treatment of fees, while private sales and incomplete auction feeds may be absent. Broad category labels should therefore be checked against the actual lot description and images before they are used in an appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public records are incomplete and should be interpreted alongside object-specific attribution, provenance, and condition evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/293043481/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43140187
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-yardley/
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD