# Mabel May Woodward artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1877-09-28
- Death date: 1945-08-14
- Nationality: American
- Movements: American Impressionism
- Common media: oil painting

## About Mabel May Woodward

Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945) was an American painter based in Providence, Rhode Island, recognized as a leading figure in Rhode Island Impressionism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Active from 1896 to 1943, she worked primarily in Rhode Island and along the Maine coast, producing oils notable for their light-filled beach scenes and coastal landscapes. Woodward's work is rooted in the American Impressionist tradition, applying broken color and atmospheric effects to New England settings rather than the urban or cosmopolitan subjects favored by some of her contemporaries. She is documented in major reference works including Bénézit's Dictionnaire critique, Mantle Fielding's dictionary of American painters, and the Witt Checklist of painters. Her paintings appear regularly at auction, where collectors encounter them as representative examples of regional American Impressionism from the Provincetown and Rhode Island school circles.

## Common works and media

Woodward most commonly produced oil paintings of beach and coastal scenes, particularly depicting the Rhode Island and Maine shorelines. Her works at auction are typically single-owner oils on canvas or board, often in Impressionist style with emphasis on sunlight, surf, and seasonal atmosphere. Landscape subjects predominate; figurative beach scenes with bathers or shoreline figures also appear.

## Market and appraisal context

Woodward's auction profile centers on oil paintings of Rhode Island and Maine coastal subjects, especially beach scenes. Collectors evaluating her work should consider subject matter, canvas size, date of execution, condition, and exhibition or provenance history. As a well-documented regional Impressionist with entries in Bénézit, Fielding, and the Witt Checklist, her identity is straightforward to confirm, but she does not command the premiums associated with nationally prominent American Impressionists. Comparable auction results for similar New England coastal scenes by her Rhode Island contemporaries provide useful valuation benchmarks.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from library-authority and museum sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Mabel May Woodward, identity data is grounded in the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata authority files, supplemented by biographical reference from Wikipedia.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/85547
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/44224242/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027362
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19975467
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_May_Woodward
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001003885