# Waldo Peirce artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1884-12-17
- Nationality: American
- Movements: American expatriate painter, early 20th century
- Common media: oil painting, drawing

## About Waldo Peirce

Waldo Peirce (1884–1970) was an American painter born in Bangor, Maine. Active across much of the twentieth century, he spent formative years as a bohemian expatriate in Europe, placing him among the generation of American artists who lived and worked abroad during the interwar period. His life and career bridged the conservative New England art world of his upbringing and the vibrant expatriate communities of Paris and beyond. Peirce is recorded in major international authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in The Hague. With nearly five hundred auction records tracked, his work continues to circulate in the secondary market.

## Common works and media

Waldo Peirce is known primarily as a painter, with auction appearances in oil paintings and drawings. RKD records classify his work under paintings and drawings. Given his long expatriate career, subjects may include portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes associated with early twentieth-century figurative traditions. Collectors may also encounter works on paper and sketches. Specific medium, dimensions, date, and signature should be verified for each lot.

## Market and appraisal context

Collectors encountering Waldo Peirce works at auction should consider several factors that affect appraisal. As a painter with a long career spanning the early to mid-twentieth century, his output includes oils and works on paper. Provenance, condition, subject matter, and the specific period of the work all influence value. Some cataloguing sources record his surname as 'Pierce,' which can complicate search and attribution. Comparable auction results, exhibition history, and any documented connection to his expatriate circle may further inform appraisal. Appraisily combines artist identity research with realized auction prices and comparable lot data when available.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines structured identity data from Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots drawn from the Invaluable database when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565323
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Peirce
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500124326
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/13788467/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86048732
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/62413