# Paul Bough Travis artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-bough-travis/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:06:12.635Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1891-01-02
- Death date: 1975-11-23
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Cleveland School

## About Paul Bough Travis

Paul Bough Travis (1891–1975), also cataloged as Paul Travis, was an American artist associated in the collected reference material with the Cleveland School. Stable authority links from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress help distinguish him from similarly named people and connect variant catalog records. The available sources establish his identity more clearly than they document his artistic practice: the pack does not provide institution-grade detail about his training, career chronology, preferred media, subjects, or named series. Collectors may nevertheless encounter his name frequently in auction data, including under the shortened form Paul Travis, making careful identity and attribution matching important. Appraisily treats the Cleveland School association as provisional until it can be corroborated by a museum, university, or scholarly source, and does not infer particular media or subjects from auction frequency alone.

## Common works and media

The collected sources do not reliably identify Travis's recurring media, subjects, editions, or named series. Works offered under either Paul Bough Travis or Paul Travis should be classified from the individual object and its catalog documentation rather than assigned a medium or category from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Market review should begin by confirming that a record concerns this Paul Bough Travis, also cataloged as Paul Travis, rather than another person with a similar name. The input data indicates 319 indexed auction records, but the collected page response was rate-limited and no individual lots were included. The pack therefore cannot establish recurring categories, medium-specific demand, price ranges, or trends. Appraisily should compare only verified records tied to the same authority identity and inspect underlying lot descriptions before treating a sale as relevant. This research does not support predictions of future value or claims that any category commands a premium.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with indexed auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Findings remain limited when source records or individual lot details are unavailable.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154065
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500125436
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/53840947/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Travis
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003068953
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-bough-travis/