# Youwei Kang artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:07:05.649Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Chinese
- Common media: Calligraphy

## Portrait

![Youwei Kang](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Kang-youwei2-large.jpg)
Youwei Kang · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kang-youwei2-large.jpg

## About Youwei Kang

Kang Youwei (1858–1927), presented on this page under the name order Youwei Kang, was a Chinese scholar, political thinker, reformer, and calligrapher active during the late Qing period and the early twentieth century. He is chiefly remembered for advocating institutional reform and for his influence during the short-lived Hundred Days’ Reform. Following its suppression, he lived outside China for a period and continued promoting constitutional monarchy. His place in auction and collecting contexts is connected especially with calligraphy, where the historical identity of the writer can be as important as the visual qualities of the work. Collectors may encounter his name in either Chinese or Western name order. Because the available institutional evidence in this source pack is stronger for his political and intellectual biography than for a detailed artistic chronology, individual works require careful examination rather than assumptions based solely on an auction listing’s artist name.

## Common works and media

The collected biographical sources identify Kang Youwei as a calligrapher, making calligraphic material the clearest supported work type for this page. The source pack does not establish a reliable list of recurring formats, subjects, titled works, print editions, paintings, sculptures, or recognized series. Any object offered under his name should therefore be described according to its visible medium, format, inscriptions, seals, support, and condition, while attribution remains subject to specialist examination.

## Market and appraisal context

Works attributed to Kang Youwei should be evaluated through object-specific evidence and relevant public auction comparisons. The current source pack supports his association with calligraphy but does not document individual formats, inscriptions, seals, dates, dimensions, condition, provenance, or authentication history. Those gaps prevent a responsible artist-specific price forecast. Name matching also requires care because catalogues may use either Kang Youwei or Youwei Kang. When suitable auction records are available, an appraisal should compare genuinely similar works and distinguish firm attribution from looser catalogue language. Realized prices should be considered alongside sale date, auction-house description, physical characteristics, provenance, and condition rather than treated as interchangeable results.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360135
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500336732
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50045955
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei
- Wikipedia: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/youwei-kang/