# Willem Alexander Knip artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/willem-alexander-knip/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:00:00Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Painting, Drawing and works on paper

## About Willem Alexander Knip

Willem Alexander Knip (1883–1967), also recorded as Willem Knip and Wilhelm Alexander Knip, was a Dutch painter and draftsman. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and RKD connect these name forms to the same artist, while the available Dutch-language biography records the signature form W.A. Knip. The collected sources securely establish his identity and working roles but do not provide enough institution-grade detail to assign a movement, school, recurring subject, or named series. Collectors are most likely to encounter Knip through paintings and works on paper offered under variant cataloguing names. Name matching is therefore important when comparing records: Willem Knip, Willem Alexander Knip, Wilhelm Alexander Knip, and W.A. Knip may refer to the same artist, although attribution still needs to be assessed for the individual object. Appraisily's matched auction index indicates recurring public-auction activity, but the source pack is stronger on identity than on a full art-historical biography.

## Common works and media

The collected identity sources describe Knip as a painter and draftsman, while Appraisily's auction index places works under paintings and works on paper or prints. The source pack does not support a dependable list of recurring subjects, named series, sculpture types, or edition practices. Cataloguing should account for the name variants Willem Knip and Wilhelm Alexander Knip and the recorded signature form W.A. Knip.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with comparable works that match the object's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution status. Signature details, inscriptions, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect how a work compares with reported sales. Appraisily's collected page reports 91 matched records, including 53 priced records, across an observed 1993–2026 auction-date range. Those figures describe a market-index snapshot, not a price prediction. Results may differ because of buyer-premium treatment, incomplete auction feeds, private transactions, or later attribution changes. Individual lot records should therefore be reviewed before drawing conclusions from medians, broad price ranges, or category-level summaries.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identities with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market matches should be checked against the individual object's attribution, medium, condition, provenance, and cataloguing details.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95841483/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27049914
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500025912
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/45078
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Knip
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/willem-alexander-knip/