Winifred Nicholson: career timeline

British · 1893–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 7 of 20 lots (35% 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.

Winifred Nicholson: 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	1	1	$18kSign up	Oil
1960s	4	4	$2.2kSign up	Pastel
1970s	1	1	$22.1kSign up	Gouache
1980s	1	1	$40.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $18kSign up
Average: $18kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 35.5 in (70 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1952 The Piper who played the Retreat at Tobruk, circa 1952$18kSign up

1960s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $6.8kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 19.5 in (46 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (2), Drawing (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)

c. 1960 Study for 'Serpent Votaries', early 1960s / Turquoise Flowers and other studies and Fish Detail and other studies (double-sided)$471Sign up
1964 FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL OF FIRE, 1964$2.4kSign up
1965 Pylos, 1965$2kSign up
1966 AESCULUS ORCHID, 1966$22.3kSign up

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $22.1kSign up
Average: $22.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 11.5 in (41 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1973 PLUM BLOSSOM, GREECE, 1973$22.1kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $40.9kSign up
Average: $40.9kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 23 in (43 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980 RHODODENDRONS, EIGG (PINK RHODODENDRONS), 1980$40.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

13 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 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 20 in (36 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Pastel (4), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Monastry on an Outcrop$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Flowering Tree / Donkeys at a Well / Branch with Flowers$1.6kSign up
sold 2022 Rainbow Over the Sea$2kSign up
sold 2022 Two Birds$23.6kSign up
sold 2022 Agamemnon and Clytemnestra$4.1kSign up
sold 2022 Pillar in Greek Landscape / Greek Landscape with Terraces$1.6kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Temple in Greek Landscape and Mountain Scene / Two Greek Temples$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 Window$1.5kSign up
sold 2024 SOUND OF RUM FROM BAY OF LAIG, ISLE OF EIGG (THE SINGING SANDS), EARLY 1950s$24.6kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$16.1kSign up
sold 2025 STUDY: STORM OF COLOUR$617Sign up
sold 2025 CATTLE IN AN ITALIAN TOWN$2.1kSign up

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

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 Winifred Nicholson auction results →