# Sir Hubert Von Herkomer artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Victorian art, Social realism in his earlier work
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Illustration, Photography

## Portrait

![Sir Hubert Von Herkomer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Sir_Hubert_von_Herkomer_by_Harold_Baker_ca._1900_cut.jpg)
Harold Baker · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Hubert_von_Herkomer_by_Harold_Baker_ca._1900_cut.jpg

## About Sir Hubert Von Herkomer

Sir Hubert Von Herkomer (1849–1914) was a German-born British artist associated with Victorian art. Authority records identify him principally as a painter, portrait painter, etcher, and illustrator, while contemporary summaries also connect him with photography, early filmmaking, and music. His career encompasses two especially recognizable contexts. His earlier realist subjects addressed poverty and the difficult circumstances of working people; later, he became particularly successful as a portraitist, often depicting prominent male sitters. He also founded the Herkomer School of painting. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on formal portraits, other paintings, etchings, and illustrative material rather than on a single uniform body of work. Identifying the object’s medium, subject, date, and relationship to these different parts of his career is important when matching it to institutional records and relevant auction comparables.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include painted portraits, other Victorian paintings, realist subjects concerning hardship or working life, etchings, and illustrative works. Photographic material may also be associated with Herkomer’s broader practice, although the collected evidence does not establish how commonly it appears at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

Works associated with Herkomer should be compared within the correct medium and subject category. A formal portrait painting, a realist subject picture, an etching, and an illustrative work represent different appraisal contexts even when the artist attribution is the same. Relevant research may consider the sitter or subject, the work’s date within Herkomer’s career, dimensions, condition, provenance, and the strength of the attribution. Public auction results can provide useful comparisons when the lots are genuinely similar, but the collected market source does not supply enough detail to support a price forecast or trend claim. Individual objects require direct examination and work-specific comparable-sale research.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644595
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500014459
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/77115718/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/050742558
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-hubert-von-herkomer-571
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_von_Herkomer
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_von_Herkomer
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sir-hubert-von-herkomer/