# Rowland Suddaby artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:52:35.893Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting, Illustration

## About Rowland Suddaby

Rowland Suddaby (1912–1972) was a British painter, artist and illustrator. Public identity records consistently associate his name with British art and establish his lifespan, while Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKDartists and Art UK provide stable identifiers that help distinguish him from similarly named creators. The collected evidence supports painting and illustration as the clearest descriptions of his practice. It does not, however, provide enough detail to assign him confidently to a particular movement, school, series or recurring subject category. Collectors may encounter Suddaby through paintings, illustration-related material and auction records indexed under his name. When researching an object, authority-record matching is useful because spelling, attribution language and the distinction between an original work and other material can affect whether an auction result is genuinely comparable. More detailed claims about his training, exhibitions and artistic development require stronger museum or scholarly documentation.

## Common works and media

The available identity sources support paintings and illustration-related works as the most defensible categories associated with Rowland Suddaby. They do not provide enough evidence to name specific painting media, recurring subjects, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, posters or documented series. Objects outside the supported categories should therefore be researched individually rather than assigned to his usual output by assumption.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal research for a work associated with Rowland Suddaby should begin by confirming the creator identity and classifying the object as precisely as the available evidence permits. The collected sources support paintings and illustration-related works, but they do not establish detailed market patterns by medium, subject or period. Comparable auction evidence is most useful when the work type and attribution language align closely. Sale date, realized price and the auction house's cataloguing should be reviewed together rather than treated as a price forecast. The present source pack does not support claims about rising values, rarity or guaranteed demand.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. Source gaps and uncertain classifications are retained rather than converted into unsupported claims.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21455276
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002392
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95695140/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/76013
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/suddaby-rowland-19121972
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Suddaby
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/rowland-suddaby/