# Weaver Hawkins artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-31T04:19:07.084Z
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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1893-08-28
- Death date: 1977-08-13
- Nationality: English
- Movements: Modernism
- Common media: Etching, Monotype, Linocut, Woodcut, Oil painting, Drawing

## About Weaver Hawkins

Weaver Hawkins (1893–1977), born Harold Frederick Weaver Hawkins in Sydenham, London, was an English painter and printmaker whose career spanned five decades and two continents. Trained at the Westminster Technical Institute and the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (1919–1922), he studied etching under Sir Frank Short before developing a distinctive practice encompassing etchings, monotypes, linocuts, woodcuts, and oil painting. After working in France and England, Hawkins spent formative years in Malta (1927–1930), where he adopted the art-name 'Raokin' for his paintings, before settling in Sydney, Australia, where he lived and worked until his death. He is recognised for ambitious, often mural-sized modernist allegories exploring moral questions in an age of atomic warfare and global overpopulation, as well as landscapes and maritime subjects. His wife, Irene (Rene) Eleanor Villiers, was also an artist.

## Common works and media

Hawkins worked across a range of print media — etchings, monotypes, linocuts, and woodcuts — as well as oil paintings and drawings. His print editions typically address allegorical, moral, or social themes, often on a large scale, while his paintings include landscapes and maritime scenes such as 'Boats at St. Tropez' and sculptural subjects like 'Bush Sculpture.' Works from his Malta period (1927–1930) may carry the signature 'Raokin' rather than 'Weaver Hawkins,' which can affect identification and attribution at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

Weaver Hawkins's work appears at auction primarily as prints — etchings, linocuts, woodcuts, and monotypes — alongside a smaller number of paintings and works on paper. With approximately 190 recorded auction results, his market presence is modest but consistent. Factors that may influence appraisal include the print medium and technique, subject matter (his large allegorical compositions are particularly distinctive), provenance history (especially works traceable to the Raokin Collection in Sydney), condition, and whether a work carries his 'Raokin' signature from the Malta period. Collectors should note that no standard catalogue raisonné was identified, making expert attribution review especially important.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines identity research from Getty ULAN, VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Wikidata, and Wikipedia with Invaluable auction records that include sale dates, realised prices, comparable lots, and auction-house context. When full auction-history detail is available, it is reflected in the market-overview section above.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/288545
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_Hawkins
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16008208
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6642156/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500144549
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95052857