John Russell: career timeline

British · 1858–1930 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 29 lots (72% 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 Russell: 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
1880s	6	5	$183kSign up	Oil
1890s	3	3	$702kSign up	Oil
1900s	1	1	$25.5kSign up	Watercolor
1910s	4	4	$7.1kSign up	Watercolor
1920s	7	6	$6.5kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1880s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $183kSign up
Average: $352kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 24.5 in (56 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

1883 Ariadne 1883$488kSign up
1883 (Portrait of a Man) 1883$22kSign up
1883 Ariadne 1883Unsold
1887 Île de la Jatte à Neuilly (1887)$175kSign up
1887 Vue de la Seine, Bougival View of the Seine, Bougival, Spring (1887)$892kSign up
1889 Maisons sur la Falaise (Le Chateau Anglais) (1889)$183kSign up

1890s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $702kSign up
Average: $624kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 24 in (50 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

1891 Le Forte d'Antibes (1891)$372kSign up
1891 IN THE AFTERNOON 1891$702kSign up
1895 Roches, Belle-Île Rocks, Belle-Île (circa 1895)$797kSign up

1900s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $25.5kSign up
Average: $25.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 19.5 in (40 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1907 Fond d’une baie au Belle-Île au soleil couchant 1907$25.5kSign up

1910s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $7.1kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (35 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (4)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1920s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $39kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 14 in (26 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (6), Oil (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1), Harbours & ports (1)

1920 Portofino (1920)$201kSign up
1920 Cagnes, April, Cherry Blossom 1920$4.5kSign up
1920 Offshore Breeze, Liguria (1920)Unsold
1920 Monastery at Portofino 1920$12.5kSign up
1921 Bay O' Roses in Blue and Silver (1921)$3.7kSign up
1921 Flame Trees, Australia 1921$5.7kSign up
1921 Harbour Scene, Portofino 1921$7.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 2010s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 33.5 in (43 × 85 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2016 Prize winning Salmon$6.5kSign up
sold 2016 Salmon$3.3kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled (Macks Island)Unsold
sold 2018 Still Life of Fruit$228Sign up
sold 2019 Salmon on a bank$1.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $114Sign up
Average: $168Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 9.5 in (21 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Poland$114Sign up
sold 2021 Poland and Prussia drawn from the best authorities$304Sign up
sold 2022 Poland$88Sign 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 Russell auction results →