# Robert Dickerson artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-18T17:44:09.954Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1924-03-30
- Death date: 2015-10-18
- Nationality: Australian
- Movements: Antipodeans, Australian figurative art
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints

## About Robert Dickerson

Robert Henry Dickerson (1924–2015) was an Australian figurative painter associated with the Antipodeans, a group represented in a Melbourne exhibition in 1959. His identity and life years are recorded across Wikidata, VIAF and Getty ULAN, while available biographical sources place the human figure at the center of his practice. Collectors encounter Dickerson through portraits, solitary figures and scenes drawn from ordinary public life. Authority-linked titles such as The Bathers, Boy in Street, In the Park, Man Sleeping on the Steps and Portrait of John Perceval reinforce this figurative emphasis, alongside sporting and leisure subjects. Paintings form the clearest part of his documented practice, although auction records also classify works on paper, prints and other object types under his name. His substantial public auction footprint means examples appear regularly in appraisal contexts, but individual works still require careful comparison by medium, date, condition, provenance and attribution.

## Common works and media

Dickerson is primarily documented as a figurative painter. Authority-linked work titles point to portraits, solitary people, bathers, street and park scenes, sporting subjects and observations of everyday life. Paintings, works on paper and prints are the clearest appraisal categories in the supplied sources. The current auction index also includes records classified as sculpture, mixed media, decorative art and editions, although its own summary describes category concentration as broad or sparse. Those secondary classifications should therefore be checked against the individual object's medium, signature, provenance and attribution rather than treated as a definitive catalogue of Dickerson's practice.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public auction summary reports a median realized result around $4,000 and a broad cluster from roughly $2,000 to $6,750, but those figures should not be treated as a price prediction for an individual work. Dickerson records span different media, sizes, dates, subjects and conditions. A credible appraisal should prioritize close comparables and examine the support, dimensions, execution date, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition status where relevant, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, and attribution confidence. Reported totals may include buyer premiums or fees, while public feeds do not capture every private transaction or later attribution change. The supplied market page also presents differing record counts, which should be reconciled before those counts are reused elsewhere.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7343530
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95834044/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500024753
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG188148
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dickerson
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dickerson
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-dickerson/