# Reynolds Beal artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T11:57:44.281Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1866-10-11
- Death date: 1951-12-18
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Impressionism, Modernism, Tonalism
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## Portrait

![Reynolds Beal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Reynolds_Beal.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reynolds_Beal.jpg

## About Reynolds Beal

Reynolds Beal was an American painter and printmaker active across the transition from the nineteenth into the twentieth century. Authority records identify him with American art, while the collected biographical sources associate his work with Impressionism, Modernism, and Tonalism. Landscape and marine subjects form the clearest documented focus. For collectors, Beal may appear in both paintings and prints, making the distinction between an original painted work and a graphic work essential when matching an object to records. His authority identity is well established through Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN, although the collected records disagree on whether his birth year was 1866 or 1867. This profile follows the 1866 date used by several VIAF-linked authority forms and records the conflict separately. Collectors encounter Beal through landscape and marine works described in biographical sources, but individual objects still require direct examination and lot-level comparison.

## Common works and media

Collector-facing records may describe Reynolds Beal's work as paintings or prints. Landscapes and marine subjects are the clearest source-supported categories. The collected material does not establish particular recurring series, print techniques, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or edition practices.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that a work is correctly associated with Reynolds Beal and by identifying whether it is a painting or a print. Subject also matters when selecting comparisons: the collected sources document landscape and marine work, so public auction records should be matched by work type and subject where possible. The supplied Appraisily record count indicates auction coverage, but this source pack does not provide individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or edition details. Those fields should be checked against the specific object and underlying sale records before reaching a valuation conclusion. The available evidence does not support a price forecast or a claim that one category is more valuable than another.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. This profile separates authority-backed identity facts from thinner market evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95776626/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7319629
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500015589
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_Beal
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_Beal
- Wikipedia: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_Beal
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/reynolds-beal/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reynolds_Beal.jpg