# William Alfred Gibson artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1866-09-19
- Death date: 1931-01-06
- Nationality: Scottish, British
- Movements: Late 19th/early 20th century British landscape painting
- Common media: oil painting

## About William Alfred Gibson

William Alfred Gibson (1866–1931) was a Scottish painter born and based in Glasgow. Active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gibson is recorded as working in Scotland, the Netherlands, and France. Around 1890 he spent time in the Dutch towns of Monnickendam, Valkenburg, and Katwijk, producing coastal and canal scenes that reflect a direct engagement with the Dutch landscape tradition. His known subjects include landscapes, cityscapes, river views, and coastal scenes. Gibson is listed in standard British art references including Graves' Royal Academy of Arts catalogue and Johnson and Greutzner's Dictionary of British Artists. His work appears regularly at auction, with over two hundred recorded lots, making him a recognizable name for collectors of Scottish and British landscape painting.

## Common works and media

Gibson worked primarily in oils on canvas and board. Common subjects include pastoral landscapes with figures and animals, Dutch canal and shoreline views, river scenes, and rural moorland edges. Known titled works encompass After Rain, Amsterdam, A Dutch Canal, Dutch Shore Scene, Edge of Moor, A Girl with Goats, and Hampshire Landscape. Collectors may also encounter untitled or unsigned landscape studies and smaller-scale works from his Scottish and Continental periods.

## Market and appraisal context

William Alfred Gibson's work appears with moderate frequency at auction, particularly in categories covering British, Scottish, and nineteenth-century European paintings. Collectors most often encounter his Dutch coastal and canal scenes, landscapes of the Scottish countryside, and Hampshire views. Factors that affect appraisal include the subject matter, with Dutch-period works being well documented; the painting's condition and provenance; and whether the work can be linked to known titled compositions such as After Rain or Dutch Shore Scene. Attribution should be verified against documented examples, as published scholarship on Gibson remains limited.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines identity research from the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata with auction records and comparable sale data. When available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and lot details are incorporated to support appraisal-relevant understanding.

## Sources

- RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/31475
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54022885/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21464144
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500029996
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93032166