# Maurice C. Wilks artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T11:18:38.155Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1910-11-25
- Death date: 1984-02-01
- Nationality: Irish
- Common media: Painting

## About Maurice C. Wilks

Maurice Canning Wilks (1910–1984), presented here as Maurice C. Wilks, was an Irish painter known primarily for landscapes. Authority records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD and Art UK distinguish him as a specific twentieth-century artist, while biographical summaries connect him with Belfast. Recorded titles point repeatedly to Irish places and waterside settings, including County Mayo, Connemara, Carrickfergus Harbour, Clarendon Dock, Mount Stewart, Dundrum and Muckish. A documented portrait title shows that his subjects were not exclusively landscapes, but the available evidence most strongly associates him with rural scenery, mountains, lakes, bays, piers and harbours. Collectors may encounter his name as Maurice C. Wilks, Maurice Canning Wilks or Maurice Wilks. The collected sources do not establish a named modern-art movement or a reliable chronology of stylistic periods, so “Irish landscape painter” is a safer description than a more specific school label.

## Common works and media

Wilks is identified primarily as a painter of Irish landscapes. Authority-linked titles document views of mountains, bays, lakes, rural places, harbours, docks and piers, together with at least one portrait. Auction records may also be classified under works on paper, prints, editions, mixed media or decorative art, but those broad page-level labels require verification against each lot's photographs, catalogue description, medium, signature and attribution.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched auction index for Maurice C. Wilks covers public records dated from 2003 through 2026, including priced and unpriced entries. Its median and observed range should be treated as orientation, not as predictions for an individual object. Useful comparisons should align the work type, medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence and provenance as closely as possible. Exhibition history and catalogue references may also matter when documented. The current category labels are broad, so paintings should not be compared indiscriminately with prints, works on paper, editions or miscellaneous decorative-art records. Reported totals may use different fee treatments, while private sales, incomplete feeds and later attribution changes may be absent.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6792929
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500106664
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96477308/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/209626
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/wilks-maurice-canning-19101984
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Canning_Wilks
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Canning_Wilks
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/maurice-c-wilks/