# Walter Richard Sickert artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T21:57:08.289Z
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## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Post-Impressionism, Camden Town Group, British modern art
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## Portrait

![Walter Richard Sickert](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Walter_Sickert_photo_by_George_Charles_Beresford_1911_%281%29.jpg)
George Charles Beresford · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Sickert_photo_by_George_Charles_Beresford_1911_(1).jpg

## About Walter Richard Sickert

Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker associated with the Camden Town Group and the development of Post-Impressionist art in Britain. Public authority records consistently identify him as a British artist, while biographical summaries place his career at the transition from Impressionism toward modern art. His importance rests not only on his own work but also on his reported influence on later British avant-garde practice. Collectors may encounter Sickert’s name in connection with both paintings and prints, making careful separation of medium and work type important when reviewing auction records. The collected sources establish his identity, lifespan, principal occupations, and broad artistic context, but they do not provide enough institution-grade detail to define particular subjects, named series, or phases of production. Those narrower classifications should therefore be confirmed against fuller museum or catalogue documentation before being used for attribution or appraisal.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Walter Sickert’s name may include paintings and prints, reflecting his documented activity as both a painter and printmaker. The collected evidence does not support a reliable breakdown by subject, named series, edition, or narrower technique. Auction and appraisal comparisons should therefore keep paintings and prints separate and avoid assigning a more specific category until the object and fuller scholarly documentation have been examined.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work associated with Walter Sickert should begin by identifying its medium and work type, particularly whether it is a painting or a print. Appraisily’s current input associates 892 auction-directory records with his name, indicating a substantial pool for subsequent comparison, but the collected pack does not include record-level descriptions or results. Useful comparisons should match the object’s category and medium and should examine public sale dates and realized prices only when those details are available. The directory count alone does not establish authorship, market direction, rarity, or a value range. Attribution and comparability require evidence beyond a shared artist name, so unsupported price predictions have been omitted.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703369
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/sickert-walter-richard-18601942
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/walter-richard-sickert-1941
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5414
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG46196
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3047.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sickert
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sickert
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sickert
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-richard-sickert/