Wilbur Niewald: career timeline

American · 1925–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 33 lots (88% 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.

Wilbur Niewald: 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
1950s	3	3	$1kSign up	Oil
1960s	6	5	$2.2kSign up	Oil
1970s	12	1	$1.1kSign up	Oil
1980s	4	3	$1.8kSign up	Oil
1990s	1	1	$9.8kSign up	Oil
2000s	2	2	$2kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $967Sign up
Typical size: 30 × 37 in (76 × 94 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1955 Quarry$800Sign up
1955 City$1.1kSign up
1958 Trees$1kSign up

1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 49 in (100 × 124 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1960 Argentine I, circa 1960s$850Sign up · sold 2×
c. 1960 Florence, circa late 1960sUnsold
1961 Argentine I$2.3kSign up
1962 Penn Valley I$2.6kSign up
1962 Argentine III$2.2kSign up
1967 Manticus$2.1kSign up

1970s 12 works

Sold: 1 of 12
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 30 in (60 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Watercolor (5)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1970 Across the Kaw, circa early 1970sUnsold
c. 1970 Florence, circa 1970sUnsold
c. 1970 Penn Valley, circa 1970sUnsold
1971 Valencia, MexicoUnsold
1973 Studio View EastUnsold
1973 Yaki PointUnsold
1973 Studio View NorthUnsold
1973 TanglewoodUnsold
1974 Self-Portrait (Half-Length with Workshirt)$1.1kSign up
1976 Three Geraniums with OnionsUnsold
1979 Kansas City, View from 20th and CharlotteUnsold
1979 Still Life with White JarUnsold

1980s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 17.5 in (44 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Etching (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (3)

1980 Three Geraniums$1.8kSign up
1981 Trees at Norfolk$2.7kSign up
1989 Kansas City, View from Penn Valley Park, 1989 Copper plate$225Sign up
1989 Kansas City, View from Quality HillUnsold

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $9.8kSign up
Average: $9.8kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 32 in (66 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1996 Trees at Linda Hall Library II$9.8kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 21.5 in (44 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)

2000 Kansas City, View from Penn Valley Park$1.4kSign up
2004 Still Life with Green Bottle and Apples$2.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 20.5 in (42 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

sold 2020 Argentine III$4.5kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Park Landscape)$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 Kansas City, View from Penn Valley Park$450Sign up
sold 2026 Untitled early study (blue)$750Sign 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 Wilbur Niewald auction results →