Alfred Fontville de Breanski Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Artist
Alfred Fontville de Breanski
Source records
640
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Alfred Fontville de Breanski

Alfred Fontville de Breanski (1877–1957) was a British landscape, marine, and floral painter active from the early 1890s through the mid-twentieth century. The son of the well-known Victorian landscape artist Alfred de Breanski, Sr., he followed his father's path while developing a broadened range of subjects that included waterscapes, seascapes, architectural views, and genre scenes alongside traditional Highland and rural landscapes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists in London and worked chiefly in Surrey — in Dorking and East Sheen — and the broader London area. His paintings continue to appear regularly at auction, where collectors encounter both his landscape and floral compositions.

Victorian and Edwardian landscape traditionoil paintinglandscapes with figureswaterscapesseascapesarchitectural views

Common works and media

De Breanski is most commonly represented in auction and collection contexts by oil-on-canvas landscape paintings depicting the Scottish Highlands, Welsh countryside, and English Surrey region, often with lochs, rivers, or coastal views. He also produced floral still-life compositions, marine subjects, architectural townscapes, and small-scale genre scenes. Works range from intimate cabinet-size panels to larger exhibition-scale canvases. Signed examples appear frequently, though collectors should verify attribution given the naming overlap with his father.

Market and appraisal context

Alfred Fontville de Breanski has a well-established and liquid auction market spanning over two decades, with 219 catalogued lots and 157 priced results recorded between January 2001 and November 2025. His works appear regularly at both major international houses (Bonhams, Christie's, Sotheby's) and respected regional UK and international salerooms (Lyon & Turnbull, Tennants, Roseberys, Elstob Auctioneers, Adam's, Gorringes, John Nicholson's, Waddington's, Brunk Auctions, Canterbury Auction Galleries). Recent activity has picked up noticeably: seven lots sold in the trailing twelve months versus one in the prior twelve months, suggesting renewed collector interest. Realized prices range from as low as £5 AUD (for a colour lithograph) to £25,000 GBP for top-tier oil landscapes, with a median of £1,750 GBP and an interquartile spread of £875–£3,600 GBP. The strongest prices cluster around Scottish Highland loch scenes and Welsh mountain views — subjects closely associated with both de Breanski and his father. Italian sales at Pananti Casa D'Aste ( Milan) have achieved €5,500–€6,500 for large lacustrine landscapes, indicating continental European demand as well.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • landscape painting
  • marine painting
  • floral still life

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter (Scottish Highland, Welsh, and Surrey landscapes tend to be most sought after)
  2. Attribution can be complicated by shared surname and style with his father, Alfred de Breanski, Sr.
  3. Provenance and exhibition history (Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists) affect value
  4. Condition, size, and composition complexity are standard valuation factors
  5. Subject matter: Scottish Highland loch and mountain scenes (Loch Etive, Loch Fyne, Ben Venue, Glen Shield) and North Wales views (Betws-y-Coed, Snowdon) command the strongest prices; Surrey and English river scenes typically sell in the mid-range; floral still lifes and small genre scenes tend toward the lower end.
  6. Size and scale: Exhibition-size canvases (50 × 76 cm and above) achieve higher results; cabinet-size panels and small works cluster below the median.

Appraisal caveats

  • No auction-house or price-record sources were available in this source pack; market context is inferred from authority-file biographical data only.
  • The artist's death year is disputed: Bénézit and most authority files record 1957, but AKLONLINE (cited in RKD) records 1945. This discrepancy may affect how works are dated and catalogued.
  • The price distribution includes one anomalous low result (AUD 5 for a colour lithograph) and one high outlier (£25,000). The interquartile range (£875–£3,600 GBP) is a more reliable guide for typical oil-on-canvas works.
  • Attribution confusion between Alfred Fontville de Breanski (Jr.) and his father Alfred de Breanski, Sr. means some lots in this dataset may be misattributed, and some father's works may appear in searches for the son.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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