# Trevor Bell artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/trevor-bell/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:14:52.726Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1930-10-18
- Death date: 2017-11-08
- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Trevor Bell](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Trevor_Bell_2009.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Bell_2009.jpg)
Jake Pollmann on Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trevor_Bell_2009.jpg

## About Trevor Bell

Trevor Bell (1930–2017) was a British artist born in Leeds. Museum and authority records from Tate, Wikidata, IdRef, Getty ULAN, and VIAF provide a consistent identity framework that helps distinguish him from other people with similar names. The collected sources identify Bell broadly as an artist and painter, although this source pack does not establish a specific movement, recurring subject, named series, or detailed career chronology. Collectors may encounter his name in painting and auction-record contexts; Appraisily’s collected dataset associates 265 records with the public Trevor Bell profile. Because the available institutional excerpts are concise, this profile keeps stylistic claims deliberately narrow. Attribution should begin with a reliable match between the object’s cataloguing and the established authority identity for the British artist who lived from 1930 to 2017, followed by review of the underlying auction or collection documentation.

## Common works and media

The collected sources identify Trevor Bell as an artist and painter, so paintings are the only common work type this profile can state with reasonable confidence. The source pack does not substantiate particular materials, subjects, named series, editions, prints, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, or posters. Objects in those categories should not be assigned to this artist solely because they carry the same name; their cataloguing and artist identity require independent verification.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that an auction record refers to the British artist Trevor Bell (1930–2017), using the Tate and authority-file identities rather than the name alone. The source pack supports paintings as a relevant work type, and Appraisily associates 265 records with this artist page, but it does not supply detailed lot descriptions or a verified price history in the research extract. Underlying sale records should therefore be reviewed before selecting comparables or drawing conclusions about value. No price trend or value range is inferred here. Comparisons are most useful when the artist identity and catalogued work type align and the sale result is publicly documented.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When available, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots are reviewed alongside the underlying identity evidence; sparse or unverified fields are not treated as established facts.

## Sources

- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/trevor-bell-730
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7839058
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/264981499
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500000235
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79472807/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95017173
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Bell_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/trevor-bell/