Walter Osborne
Irish · 1859–1903 · Painter
Walter Frederick Osborne was an Irish impressionist and Post-Impressionism landscape and portrait painter, best known for his documentary depictions of late 19th century… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
- THE THORNBUSHWhyte's · €400,000≈ $525,880≈ £270,500Sign up to see
- A TALE OF THE SEAWhyte's · €315,000≈ $382,032≈ £287,329Sign up to see
- SUNSHINE AND BLOSSOMWhyte's · €160,000≈ $167,408≈ £138,571Sign up to see
Walter Osborne’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
4 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 42 | 30 | 71% | $63.5kSign up | $26.5kSign up | $526kSign up |
| Oil | 42 | 30 | 71% | $63.5kSign up | $26.5kSign up | $526kSign up |
| Works on paper | 19 | 19 | 100% | $6kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $39.6kSign up |
| Watercolor | 8 | 8 | 100% | $7.1kSign up | $6.6kSign up | $18.6kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $39.6kSign up | $39.6kSign up | $39.6kSign up |
| Drawing | 10 | 10 | 100% | $1.7kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 7 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | $16.3kSign up |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $90.8kSign up |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | $18.4kSign up |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | $382kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | $18.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | $142kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | $28.8kSign up |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | $26.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | $44.6kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $15.5kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $7.9kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | $16.9kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | $7.2kSign up |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | $39.3kSign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | $2.3kSign up |