# Neil Cawthorne artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:47:50.209Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting

## About Neil Cawthorne

Neil Cawthorne was a British painter born in 1936, best documented in the surviving public record through sporting and equestrian subjects. Art UK lists paintings connected with Newmarket racecourse, the Quorn hunt, and a broader outdoor scene titled Summer Days. Documented works are held by the National Horseracing Museum, the Yale Center for British Art, and Leicestershire County Council Museums Service. These records place horse racing, hunt subjects, and named English sporting locations at the center of his known output. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name on paintings of racecourses and associated sporting scenes. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN identify him as an English or British painter. His lifespan requires caution: Art UK gives 1936–2022, while older linked authority records give 1936–1978. This profile follows Art UK's current artist record while preserving that conflict for further research and careful attribution.

## Common works and media

Public-collection records document paintings centered on British sporting life, especially Newmarket racecourse and the Quorn hunt. Recorded titles include Newmarket Rowley Mile Racecourse, Suffolk, Newmarket Rowley Mile Millennium Grandstand, Suffolk, Full Cry: The Quorn, Last Run of the Day: The Quorn, The Canal Turn, Palace House from Palace Street, and Summer Days. The collected sources do not establish a documented print, sculpture, ceramic, or edition practice.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Neil Cawthorne should begin with the individual object's medium, dimensions, condition, signature, provenance, and subject. Named settings or sporting associations may help distinguish comparable groups: Art UK documents Newmarket racecourse views, Quorn hunt subjects, and works connected with the National Horseracing Museum. Comparisons should separate racecourse paintings, hunt-related scenes, and other subjects, then consider relevant sale dates and realized prices where public auction records are available. Authority matching also matters because public sources disagree about Cawthorne's death year. No price prediction should be based on the artist name or subject alone; object-level evidence and closely matched public sales are needed.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cawthorne-neil-19362022
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96222652/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21460231
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500076426
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/16051
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/neil-cawthorne/