# Rick Amor artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:49:46.567Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Figurative painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Caricature

## Portrait

![Rick Amor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rick_Amor_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Rick_Amor_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rick_Amor_(cropped).jpg

## About Rick Amor

Rick Amor, born in 1948, is an Australian artist known principally for figurative painting. His broader practice includes printmaking, sculpture, and caricature, and he has served as an Official War Artist for Australia. Library and authority records identify him consistently as Rick Amor and connect his name with paintings and portraits as well as titled works recorded in international catalogues. Collectors may encounter his work in several forms, including paintings, works on paper, prints, sculptures, mixed-media objects, and editions. That range makes the precise medium, date, dimensions, signature, and edition information especially important when matching an object to the artist's established body of work. Public auction records also place Amor across multiple fine-art categories rather than within a single uniform market segment, so close comparison with genuinely similar works is more informative than relying on the artist's name alone.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include Amor's figurative paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed-media works, caricatures, and editions. Because these formats differ substantially, an object should be classified by medium and technique before it is compared with prior sales. For prints and other editioned works, edition number, proof status, inscriptions, and sheet condition are particularly relevant; for paintings and sculpture, dimensions, surface condition, restoration, date, provenance, and attribution require close review.

## Market and appraisal context

Rick Amor's public auction record includes paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editions. Appraisal should begin with comparable lots that closely match the object in medium, dimensions, date, subject, and execution. Condition and restoration history can affect comparability, as can the clarity of signatures, inscriptions, and edition information. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and confidence in the attribution should also be examined. Realized auction prices are useful evidence, but reporting practices may differ and private transactions or incomplete feeds may not be visible. A defensible valuation therefore considers several recent comparable sales rather than treating a broad artist-level statistic as a prediction for an individual work.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4810924
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/57540454/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/077729706
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Amor
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Amor
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/rick-amor/