# William Monk artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/william-monk/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:11:56.547Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Painting

## About William Monk

William Monk is a contemporary painter whose library-authority record identifies him as born in 1977. The collected evidence distinguishes him from two older namesakes: British artist William Monk (1863–1937) and English organist William Henry Monk (1823–1889). This distinction matters because auction and image searches for the name can merge unrelated people, works, and portraits. The source pack links the contemporary artist to Wikidata, VIAF, Library of Congress, ISNI, the German National Library, and RKD authority records, but it does not establish nationality, training, movement, preferred media, recurring subjects, or named series. Collectors may encounter the name in auction databases, yet individual lots should be matched to the correct authority identity before biographical context is applied. Appraisily therefore presents the 1977-born painter as the probable entity while keeping unsupported artistic classifications and life details open.

## Common works and media

The source pack identifies William Monk as a painter but does not establish his customary supports, techniques, subjects, formats, editions, or named bodies of work. Paintings and other objects offered under this name require artist-level verification because records may be confused with those of the earlier British artist William Monk.

## Market and appraisal context

The main appraisal issue is identity resolution. Public authority data describes a painter born in 1977, while the same name also belongs to a British artist born in 1863. Before comparing auction results, confirm that a lot belongs to the contemporary painter by checking catalogued artist dates and available biographical identifiers. The collected Appraisily page indicates auction-price coverage under the name, but the supplied source extract does not expose item-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, media, dimensions, condition, provenance, or attribution language. Records should therefore be used only after lot-level review and namesake separation; this research does not support a price forecast or a claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available and can be matched reliably to the artist.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/291968899/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29553279
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014047149
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1277311099
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000396958290
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/347783
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Monk
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/william-monk/