William Hart: career timeline

American · 1823–1894 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 51 lots (33% 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.

William Hart: 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
1840s	1	1	$3.7kSign up	Oil
1850s	5	5	$1.9kSign up	Oil
1860s	1	1	$173Sign up	Sculpture
1870s	7	7	$3kSign up	Sculpture
1880s	2	2	$2.8kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1840s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 21 in (44 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

1846 Mill by a river$3.7kSign up

1850s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 28 in (46 × 71 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (3), Landscapes (1)

1850 Craigy Barns$3.3kSign up
1851 Distant Landscape$1.5kSign up
1851 Landscape with road along a lake$2.5kSign up
1857 River Landscape with Church and Houses in the Distance$700Sign up
1857 Landscape with Church and River$1.9kSign up

1860s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $173Sign up
Average: $173Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

c. 1860 HART'S / FULTON, New York Stoneware Bird Crock$173Sign up

1870s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Birds (1), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1880s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 13.5 in (42 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1880 Very Rare HART'S / FULTON, NY Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar w/ Cobalt Figural Decoration$720Sign up
1884 Autumn Landscape$4.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

32 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 2000s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 19.5 in (34 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (4), Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2004 Landscape with Mountain Valley$3.5kSign up
sold 2005 Coastal Scene, Plymouth, MassachusettsUnsold
sold 2005 Normanskill$780Sign up
sold 2006 Scene in the White Mountains$11.9kSign up
sold 2006 Family of Cattle by a Brook$11.9kSign up
sold 2006 A Man on Horseback with Cattle Nearby$3.9kSign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2006 A Meadow with Cattle WateringUnsold
sold 2008 Highland Landscape$13kSign up
sold 2009 Summer Landscape with Stream and Cattle$6.5kSign up · sold 2×

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

Sold: 8 of 13
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 16.5 in (29 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Print (other) (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (4), Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (2)

sold 2012 Hudson River O/C LandscapeUnsold
sold 2014 Autumn wood$7.5kSign up
sold 2015 Mill in LandscapeUnsold
sold 2015 Coastal CliffsUnsold
sold 2016 Wm Hart 60$2kSign up
sold 2016 Rocky Hillside with Hill BeyondUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2016 Landscape with Cows$2.7kSign up
sold 2017 Cows by a Stream$968Sign up
sold 2017 Cows in a Pasture$8.8kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2018 Seascape, Coast of Maine$9.5kSign up
sold 2018 Extremely Rare HART / FULTON Stoneware Cooler w/ Stump and Frog Decoration$1kSign up
sold 2018 A pastoral landscape with cows wateringUnsold

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $8.8kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 17.5 in (29 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (4), Cattle & animals (3)

sold 2021 View of the Catskills$50kSign up
sold 2021 Sheep in a Meadow$1kSign up
sold 2021 Hudson River School Style Landscape$550Sign up
sold 2021 Cows Watering$4.3kSign up
sold 2022 River Landscape with CattleUnsold
sold 2023 Cows in a Stream$1.3kSign up

Show 4 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Summer Day$693Sign up
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2024 Picnic on Esopus Creek$4kSign up
sold 2024 A Bucolic Hudson River View with CowsUnsold

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 William Hart auction results →