# Lionel V. Bulmer artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/lionel-v-bulmer/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:25:06.337Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English
- Common media: Painting, Watercolor

## About Lionel V. Bulmer

Lionel V. Bulmer (1919–1992) was an English painter and watercolorist. Wikidata and VIAF agree on his lifespan, nationality, and artistic roles, while Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, and ISNI provide corresponding authority identifiers. VIAF also records the shorter name Lionel Bulmer, which may appear in catalogues or collection records. The collected institutional evidence is stronger on identity than on biography: it does not establish a specific movement, school, recurring subject, or named series. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Bulmer through works catalogued broadly as paintings or watercolors rather than through a securely documented stylistic category. Appraisily associates his name with a substantial body of auction-directory records, making accurate name matching and separation of media important when reviewing possible comparables. Further museum or scholarly documentation would be needed to describe his training, career chronology, exhibition history, or artistic development confidently.

## Common works and media

The available authority records identify Bulmer as both a painter and a watercolorist. Paintings and watercolors are therefore the best-supported work types for auction and appraisal classification. The collected evidence does not establish recurring subjects, named periods, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other categories, so such classifications should be assessed from the individual object and its documentation rather than assumed from the artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

Market review for Lionel V. Bulmer should begin by confirming that a work is attributed to the same English painter and watercolorist represented by the linked authority records. The form Lionel Bulmer may also occur, so catalogue-name variations should be reconciled before selecting comparisons. Paintings and watercolors should be evaluated within their respective work types because the available identity sources explicitly distinguish both practices. Relevant Appraisily auction records can provide sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those details are available, but the collected source pack does not expose individual results. It therefore supports a comparison framework rather than a price forecast, market trend, or claim about the relative rarity of particular subjects.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Lionel V. Bulmer, the present source pack provides strong authority-based identity evidence but limited biographical and lot-level market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21289393
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500005480
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95714329/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010065168
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000007783846X
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bulmer-lionel-19191992
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/lionel-v-bulmer/