# Robert Hopkin artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-hopkin/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:18:39.899Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British, American
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Robert Hopkin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Robert_Hopkin%2C_photograph_taken_1906.jpg)
Detroit Free Press · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Hopkin,_photograph_taken_1906.jpg

## About Robert Hopkin

Robert Hopkin (1832–1909) was a British-born American painter. A secondary biographical source also describes him as Scottish-American and identifies marine painting and scenic design among his activities. Because the collected authority records disagree on whether he was born in 1831 or 1832, Appraisily uses 1832 provisionally while preserving that conflict for further research. Hopkin is most readily understood in the context of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American painting, with maritime subject matter the clearest documented specialization in the available source pack. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings and, in auction databases, across broader classifications that include works on paper, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Those labels should be treated as database categories rather than proof that every listed object is characteristic of his established practice. Linked Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and RKD records help distinguish this Robert Hopkin from similarly named people.

## Common works and media

Hopkin is principally identified as a painter, with marine subject matter documented by the available secondary biography. Appraisily's matched auction records also use broader classifications such as paintings, works on paper, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Because some categories may reflect database classification rather than a well-documented part of Hopkin's practice, the object's medium, signature, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution should be checked before treating it as characteristic or selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public market page reports matched auction records spanning 2004–2026, with 120 records and 87 priced records when the source pack was collected. Useful appraisal comparisons align works by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, provenance, attribution confidence, and any exhibition or catalogue references. Edition details also matter for prints and other multiples. Public realized prices can orient a valuation, but they are not a stand-alone appraisal: reporting may differ on premiums and fees, auction feeds can be incomplete, and private sales or later attribution changes may be absent. The broad auction-category mix warrants object-level verification before selecting comparable lots.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Authority links and source conflicts are retained so identity and valuation evidence can be reviewed separately.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50276499
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95763005/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013421
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/86996
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hopkin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-hopkin/