# Umberto Romano artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:46:26.569Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Abstract Expressionism
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## About Umberto Romano

Umberto Romano (1906–1982) was an Italian-born American painter associated with Cape Ann. Public authority records identify him as an American painter, while the available biographical summary describes a career that moved from an early classic-modern manner toward Abstract Expressionism. This places Romano within the broader history of twentieth-century American painting while preserving an immigrant and regional New England context. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings and in auction listings covering works on paper, prints, and other broadly classified art objects. Because the collected institutional pages function primarily as identity and authority records rather than detailed catalogues, each object should be assessed through its own evidence. Signatures, inscriptions, dates, medium, condition, provenance, and exhibition or catalogue documentation are important when distinguishing securely attributed works from namesakes or loosely attributed material. The available sources establish Romano's core identity but do not provide a complete chronology, catalogue of works, or well-supported inventory of recurring subjects and series.

## Common works and media

Auction records place Romano most clearly within fine art and painting categories, with additional listings grouped under works on paper and prints. The collected market page also contains broader categories for sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, although the source pack does not establish how frequently those forms occur or whether every listing is securely attributed. No recurring subjects, named series, or edition formats are sufficiently documented in the collected sources to characterize them confidently.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction records can provide a useful starting point for assessing a work attributed to Umberto Romano, but broad artist-level statistics should not substitute for close comparison. Relevant comparables should match the work's medium, dimensions, date, period, subject, and attribution status as closely as possible. Condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect how a lot is evaluated. Edition information matters for prints and other multiples. Reported realized prices may use different fee conventions, while private transactions and incomplete auction feeds remain outside the visible record. A defensible appraisal should therefore reconcile current public sales with direct examination and object-specific documentation rather than infer value from an artist-wide median or range alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Incomplete feeds, private sales, condition differences, and attribution changes can limit comparisons.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22086826
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500055144
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/62819888/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054348
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000082477929
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/96950
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.34981.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Romano_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/umberto-romano/