Tom Roberts: career timeline
Australian · 1856–1931 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 76 of 81 lots (93% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | 17 | $44.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 9 | 7 | $63.3kSign up | Oil |
| 1900s | 8 | 5 | $26kSign up | Oil |
| 1910s | 11 | 9 | $27.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1920s | 24 | 23 | $35.7kSign up | Oil |
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1880s 17 works
- Sold
- 17 of 17
- Median
- $44.5kSign up
- Average
- $148kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 11.5 in (21 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (14), Gouache (2), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (2), Flowers & still life (1)
c. 1880 Still Life with Game$7.5kSign up
1880 Untitled (Bruny Island Lighthouse) 1880$19.5kSign up
1883 (The High Street) (circa 1883)$26.3kSign up · sold 2×
1883 A Water Carrier, Granada 1883$183kSign up
1883 Regent Street, London (circa 1883)$7.4kSign up
c. 1886 Elizabeth "Lillie" Williamson, Phillip Island$34.6kSign up
1886 At Phillip Island 1886$25.2kSign up
1886 Miss Minna Simpson (1886)$914kSign up
1887 Chrysanthemums 1887$44.5kSign up
1888 Little Nell Simpson$103kSign up
1888 Portrait of C. S. Paterson 1888$175kSign up
1888 J. P. Pfund, Esq. (1888)$55kSign up
Show 5 more (1880s)
c. 1889 Templestowe Landscape$17.9kSign up
1889 She-Oak and Sunlight (1889)$640kSign up
1889 Mentone (1889)$79.8kSign up
1889 With Wistful Eyes (1889)$135kSign up
1889 Portrait of Alec King 1889$43.6kSign up
1890s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $63.3kSign up
- Average
- $53.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 14 in (38 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7), Gouache (1), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)
1891 Annie Springthorpe and Enid Springthorpe (1891)$70.2kSign up
1894 Study for Portrait of Philip Gidley King 1894$71.7kSign up
1894 Top of Our Tent, Mosman 1894$14.2kSign up · sold 2×
1895 Cremorne 1895$11.3kSign up
1898 Curlew Camp, Sirius Cove, Mosman Bay (1898)Unsold
1898 William A. Watkins 1898$119kSign up
1898 The Convent at Rose Bay 1898$26kSign up
1898 Mrs William Stephens 1898$63.3kSign up
1899 Mrs Jacob Eccles 1899Unsold
1900s 8 works
- Sold
- 5 of 8
- Median
- $26kSign up
- Average
- $21.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 8 in (23 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Pastel (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Birds (1), Boats (1)
1900 Looking Towards the Mountains (New Zealand) (1900)$26.3kSign up
1900 Cloud Study 1900$35.1kSign up
1900 The School Track c1900Unsold
1900 Portrait of a Lady (Possibly Lady Hopetoun) c1900$26kSign up
1900 The School Track c1900Unsold
1900 Portrait of Olive Bird 1900$13.5kSign up
c. 1905 Boats on the Thames Near Putney$8.5kSign up
1905 Portrait of the Artist's Son, Caleb c1905Unsold
1910s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $27.8kSign up
- Average
- $44.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 17 in (40 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (11)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
1910 Portrait of a Lady 1910$11.3kSign up
1913 Pizzo Dei Piani 1913$51.3kSign up
1913 Lake Como 1913$48kSign up
1913 Pizzo dei Piani 1913$24kSign up
1913 Bellano 1913$10.9kSign up
1914 Violet Bancroft$20.8kSign up
1914 Portrait of Miss C (Alice Crawford) 1914$27.8kSign up
1919 Portrait of Lady Coghlan$156kSign up
1919 Earliest Spring in Cornwall 1919Unsold · sold 2×
1919 MRS MAY VALENTINE-BROWN 1919Unsold
1919 Roses 1919$49kSign up
1920s 24 works
- Sold
- 23 of 24
- Median
- $35.7kSign up
- Average
- $68.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 17.5 in (32 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (23), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (11), Sea & coast (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1920 Sherbrooke 1920$343kSign up
1920 Morning Mist (1920)$172kSign up
c. 1920 Sea c1920s$17.8kSign up
1921 A Windy Day, Dorset c1921$21.8kSign up · sold 3×
1922 Major Peter Henson Bancroft 1922$29.2kSign up
1922 A Kentish Landscape (Spring in Dorset) 1922$55.7kSign up · sold 3×
1923 Untitled (Dandenongs Landscape) c1923$69.7kSign up
1923 Untitled (Dandenongs Landscape) 1923$31.9kSign up
c. 1924 Dandenongs Landscape$136kSign up
1924 The Two Roads to Monbulk 1924$166kSign up
1925 The Cloud 1925$79.8kSign up
1925 Dandenongs Landscape c1925$35.7kSign up
Show 12 more (1920s)
1925 Eaglehawk Neck 1925$70.5kSign up
1925 KALLISTA LANDSCAPE 1925$99.7kSign up
1925 (Coastal Scene, NSW) c1925$34.2kSign up
c. 1926 Tasmanian Landscape$13.2kSign up
1926 Tasmanian Landscape c1926$15.5kSign up
1926 Blue Hillside 1926$13.2kSign up
1926 Tasmanian Landscape 1926$17.1kSign up
c. 1926 Cloud Study - Evening Glow c1926-28Unsold
1927 Happy Cottage, Goulburn Valley$46.5kSign up
1927 Untitled (Nocturnal Landscape) 1927$14.2kSign up
1928 Sheep Country 1928$81.1kSign up
1928 Rain Cloud (Tasmania) c1928$21kSign up
Creation date not recorded
5 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 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $22.6kSign up
- Average
- $25.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 11.5 in (28 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2012 SummerUnsold
sold 2013 (HEADLAND, SEA AND SKY) (CIRCA 1890s)$13.9kSign up
sold 2015 Portrait of Mrs Cakebread, the Artist's Grandmother-in-Law$39.9kSign up
sold 2017 Joy of Gums$22.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $22.7kSign up
- Average
- $22.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 9.5 in (17 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2024 Tree in Mist$22.7kSign 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 Tom Roberts auction results →