# Julian Barrow artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/julian-barrow/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:22:54.339Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1939-08-28
- Death date: 2013-09-03
- Nationality: British
- Movements: Figurative art
- Common media: Painting

## About Julian Barrow

Julian Barrow (1939–2013) was a British figurative painter whose identity is represented in Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Library of Congress, Art UK, and other public authority systems. The collected biographical source describes him as born in Kirklinton, Cumberland, and as having initially worked in the restoration of old paintings at the National Gallery. He was also associated with the Chelsea Art Society and served as its president for many years. These details place Barrow within a traditional British figurative-painting context rather than documenting a formal avant-garde movement or named series. Collectors encounter his name through paintings and recurring secondary-market records: the supplied Appraisily input associates 203 auction records with this artist page. Because the source pack contains little work-level scholarship, individual objects should still be checked carefully against cataloguing, signatures, provenance, and comparable records before conclusions about authorship or market relevance are drawn.

## Common works and media

The available authority and biographical sources identify Julian Barrow primarily as a figurative painter. Paintings are therefore the best-supported work type for auction and appraisal classification. The collected material does not reliably identify recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, or posters, so those categories should not be assigned to him without additional object-level or catalogue evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected data establishes a recurring auction presence for Julian Barrow and supports paintings as the principal category associated with his name. It does not, however, provide the lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, sale venues, sale dates, or realized prices needed to identify reliable market patterns. An appraisal should therefore begin by matching the object to the correct Julian Barrow authority identity and then compare it with genuinely similar, publicly documented painting lots. Broad price predictions, claims of rarity, and premiums for particular subjects or periods would exceed the evidence available in this source pack.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house cataloguing, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. The present source pack supports Barrow's identity and painting practice more strongly than detailed market conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21465499
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500046163
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Barrow
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/barrow-julian-19392013
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/julian-barrow/