# Theodore Major artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/theodore-major/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:53:14.390Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British

## About Theodore Major

Theodore Major (1908–1999) was a British artist, also described in the collected reference material as English. His identity is represented by records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, RKD, and Art UK. The available source pack does not provide dependable detail about his training, affiliations, artistic movements, media, subjects, exhibitions, or named bodies of work, so this profile does not assign those descriptors. Collectors may encounter works associated with Major in auction records, but matching an object to the correct artist should begin with the name, life dates, documentary provenance, inscriptions, and labels. Appraisily treats the authority records as identity anchors while leaving broader art-historical claims open until museum, estate, catalogue, or scholarly evidence becomes available. Two different VIAF identifiers were collected for the name and require reconciliation before either is presented as a definitive identity link.

## Common works and media

The collected sources do not establish which paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, or other work types are most commonly associated with Theodore Major. Objects offered under his name should therefore be described from direct evidence rather than assigned an unsupported medium, subject, movement, or series.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily input indicates 193 records associated with Theodore Major, providing a useful discovery signal but not a complete market analysis. The source pack contains no individual lot descriptions or results, so it cannot support claims about typical prices, preferred media, recurring subjects, scarcity, or market direction. For appraisal, each object should be assessed through its observed medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, inscriptions, labels, and strength of attribution. Comparable public auction records become meaningful only after confirming that they concern the same artist and sufficiently similar works. Record counts and directory associations alone do not establish authorship, authenticity, or value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Theodore Major, the present identity evidence is more developed than the collected lot-level evidence, so market conclusions remain limited.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781906
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/major-theodore-19081999
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500016337
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008139952
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/52070
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Major
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/theodore-major/