John Francis Murphy: career timeline

American · 1853–1921 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 47 lots (31% 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.

John Francis Murphy: 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
1870s	3	3	$750Sign up	Drawing
1880s	2	2	$1.5kSign up	Watercolor
1890s	2	2	$1.8kSign up	Watercolor
1900s	4	3	$1.1kSign up	Oil
1910s	2	2	$2.5kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1870s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $750Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1)

1875 Chicago River, North Branch$750Sign up
1876 Jersey (Landscape)$323Sign up
1877 In the clearing$2.5kSign up · sold 2×

1880s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 11.5 in (28 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Birds (1), Markets & villages (1)

1880 Landscape with Birds$1.5kSign up
c. 1886 The Little Village$1.4kSign up

1890s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 18.5 in (33 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1890 Gray Skies$1.4kSign up
1890 Gray afternoon$2.1kSign up

1900s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Sunsets & night (1)

1900 Landscape at DuskResult not published
1901 Untitled (Forest Scene)$852Sign up
1906 The Road$1.1kSign up
1907 The Pond$1.4kSign up

1910s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 22.5 in (42 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1917 Farm in the Connecticut Countryside$2kSign up
1917 October Afternoon$3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

29 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 2000s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 19 in (35 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2003 Summer Farm$3.2kSign up
sold 2004 Summer Stream$1.3kSign up
sold 2005 Impressionistic Landscape$805Sign up
sold 2006 Landscape$1.4kSign up
sold 2007 Tonalist Landscape$7.2kSign up
sold 2007 Autumn Fields$6kSign up · sold 2×

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2007 AutumnUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2009 Cottage in a Sunny Field$4.3kSign up
sold 2009 Autumn Landscape at SunsetUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 15 works

Sold: 10 of 15
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 12 in (28 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Other (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Rivers & marshes (2), Sunsets & night (2)

sold 2010 Golden afternoon$3.9kSign up
sold 2012 Day in October$5kSign up
sold 2012 Road by a stand of trees in autumnUnsold
sold 2013 The Pride of the Meadow$3.8kSign up
sold 2014 Early Spring LandscapeUnsold
sold 2014 River and trees$225Sign up · sold 3×

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 On the Charles RiverUnsold
sold 2014 A wintry landscape$1.8kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$2.9kSign up
sold 2016 Wooded Landscape with Stream, farm buildings in distance$900Sign up
sold 2016 Sunrise$3kSign up
sold 2017 Landscape with House - The Barn$650Sign up

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 19.5 in (36 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2022 FIGURE STANDING IN A FIELD$491Sign up
sold 2023 The Brook$1.8kSign up
sold 2023 Landscape$1.3kSign up
sold 2025 Autumn landscape$650Sign up
sold 2025 The Old Barn$2.6kSign up

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 John Francis Murphy auction results →