WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›David Wilkie

David Wilkie

Artist

WA-00047749

Painting

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

70%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ902759

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/37300
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

David Wilkie was a Scottish painter celebrated for genre scenes depicting everyday life with narrative detail and psychological acuity. His practice ranged across history painting, formal portraiture, and travel studies from Europe and the Middle East, executed with equal facility. Based in London, he became known as the 'people's painter' for his ability to invest ordinary domestic moments with dignity and pathos. His work bridged the tradition of Dutch Golden Age narrative painting and the emerging Victorian sensibility toward social observation.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 9d ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

—

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (6)

William Holman Hunt

1863 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

Image: 21.2 × 16.4 cm (8 3/8 × 6 7/16 in.) Signature panel: 2.8 × 7 cm (1 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.) Mount: 29.3 × 22.8 cm (11 9/16 × 9 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Frederick Watts

1860 · Albumen silver print

21.7 x 16.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Peep-O’-Day Boys’ Cabin, in the West of Ireland" ("The Sleeping Whiteboy")

1835 · watercolor, point of brush, and gouache with graphite and brown ink

Sheet: 23.4 x 21.9 cm (9 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nun Reading to a Child

1835 · pen and ink over graphite

Sheet: 14.5 x 9.5 cm (5 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lost Receipt

1824 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Interieur van een boerenvertrek te Munarey

1817 · paper, chalk

width: 258 cm, height: 172 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (4)

6 published of 18 catalogued · 18 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
The Met
2 published2 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 12 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Interieur van een boerenvertrek te Munarey
1817 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for "The Peep-O’-Day Boys’ Cabin, in the West of Ireland" ("The Sleeping Whiteboy")
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Lost Receipt
1824 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Nun Reading to a Child
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record