Bob Ross: career timeline

American · 1942–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 21 lots (86% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Bob Ross: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1960s	2	2	$38.4kSign up	Oil
1980s	3	3	$204kSign up	Oil
1990s	13	13	$229kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $38.4kSign up
Average: $38.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 24 in (45 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (2)

1968 Lake with Distant Cabin and Northern Lights$38.4kSign up
1968 Cabin By a Lake with Northern Lights$38.4kSign up

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $204kSign up
Average: $213kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1982 Walk in the Woods (Practice)$204kSign up
c. 1984 Winter Landscape with Snow-Capped Mountains, Lake and Cabin$382kSign up
c. 1986 Landscape with Stream$53.3kSign up

1990s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $229kSign up
Average: $255kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Oil (3)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (4), Landscapes (2)

1990 Mountain Seclusion$204kSign up
1990 Autumn Images$242kSign up
1990 Change of Seasons$788kSign up
1990 Valley View$204kSign up
1990 Cliffside$115kSign up
c. 1990 Lake Below Snow-Covered Mountains and Clear Sky$95.8kSign up
c. 1990 Lake Below Snow-Capped Peaks and Cloudy Sky$115kSign up
1991 River's Peace$204kSign up
1993 Purple Mountain Range$280kSign up
1993 Babbling Brook$280kSign up
1993 Winter's Peace$318kSign up
1993 Home in the Valley$229kSign up

Show 1 more (1990s)

1994 Untitled (Mountain Lake Landscape)$242kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $124kSign up
Average: $124kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 18 in (61 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2025 An Alpine Lake Under Pink and Blue Skies$153kSign up
sold 2025 A Cabin Among the Mountains in Winter$95.8kSign up
sold 2025 Alaska LandscapeResult not published

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Bob Ross auction results →