Oscar Wilson, A battle of wits: tourists, pickpockets and police, St Mark's Square

Oscar Wilson

British · 1867–1930 · Painter, Illustrator

Oscar Wilson was an English painter and illustrator who trained in both London and Belgium. He was a painter, illustrator, and joke cartoonist. (Wikipedia)

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5lots offered2025–2026years recorded50%sold (2)$98Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Oscar Wilson, Moeder met kind tijdens watersnood, Aquarel op papierMoeder met kind tijdens watersnoodTwents Veilinghuis · €100≈ $115≈ £87Sign up to see
  2. Oscar Wilson, A Good Read, watercolourA Good ReadChorley's · £60≈ $80≈ €71Sign up to see

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Average price
median $98free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
2
of 4 offered · 2025–2026
Sell-through
50%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$32$100$31620262025-04-29 · $802026-04-02 · $115
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings100%—Sign up—Sign up—
Oil100%—Sign up—Sign up—
Works on paper3267%$98Sign up$98Sign up$115Sign up
Watercolor11100%$80Sign up$80Sign up$80Sign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202631$115Sign up
202511$80Sign up

Related artists — British, born 1842–1892