Egon Schiele Auction Prices and Value Guide

Egon Schiele auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,805 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Egon Schiele auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Egon Schiele
Source records
2,805
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele (1890–1918) was an Austrian painter and draftsman whose intensely expressive figurative works place him among the most significant artists of early twentieth-century Expressionism. Born in Tulln an der Donau and trained at Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts, Schiele soon diverged from academic convention under the mentorship of Gustav Klimt, developing a spare, angular line and a psychologically charged approach to the human figure. His output—nudes, self-portraits, portraits, and landscapes—is recognized for its raw emotional directness and formal boldness. Active primarily in Vienna, with formative periods in Český Krumlov and Neulengbach, Schiele produced a concentrated body of work before his death at age twenty-eight during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Today his paintings and works on paper are held by major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Expressionismoil paintingdrawingwatercolor and gouacheprintmakingnudes and erotic figuresself-portraitsportraitslandscapes and townscapes

Common works and media

Schiele is most commonly encountered at auction and in private collections through works on paper: watercolors, gouaches, and ink or pencil drawings of figures, nudes, and portraits. Oil paintings on canvas or board are rarer and appear at the top of the market. Prints—including lithographs produced during his lifetime—also circulate. Subjects include nude female and male figures, self-portraits, portraits of family and associates, allegorical figure compositions, and landscapes or townscapes, particularly views of Český Krumlov and the Viennese surroundings.

Market and appraisal context

Egon Schiele's auction market is deep and globally distributed, with 1,091 recorded lots dating from November 1995 through April 2026, of which 685 carry a realized price. The price distribution is exceptionally wide: the observed range spans €7 at the low end (reproductive prints and small works on paper sold at regional houses) to approximately $24.7 million for top-tier oil paintings at major international houses. The median realized price sits at $10,000, with the 75th percentile at $226,400—reflecting a market where the majority of lots are works on paper or prints, while a thin upper tier of important oils and significant watercolors drives the high end. Named auction houses appearing in the record include Christie's, Sotheby's, Dorotheum, Karl & Faber, Shapiro Auctions, Swann Auction Galleries, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Venduehuis Auctioneers, A10 by Artmark, Artmark Croatia, and others, confirming broad institutional engagement across North America, the UK, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Croatia. Liquidity is strong: 69 priced lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window (through April 2026), down from 109 in the prior 12 months, suggesting a still-active but slightly cooled offering pace. The Dorotheum sale of an unnamed Schiele work for €2,700,000 in November 2025 and the Christie's London sale of the pencil drawing 'Mitzi Gierlinger' for £88,900 in March 2026 illustrate the continued premium placed on authenticated original works, especially figurative subjects from the mature period.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • drawing
  • watercolor and gouache
  • printmaking

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings command the highest premiums; works on paper (watercolors, gouaches, drawings) are more frequently seen at auction and vary widely in price.
  2. Subject: figurative works, nudes, and self-portraits are most sought after; landscapes and allegorical subjects can also attract strong bidding.
  3. Date and period: mature works from 1914–1918 tend to achieve higher prices than early academic pieces.
  4. Provenance and exhibition history: works with documented gallery or estate provenance and museum exhibition records carry a premium.
  5. Condition: paper works are especially sensitive to condition; foxing, fading, tears, or restoration materially affect value.
  6. Authentication: catalogue raisonné inclusion or expert committee opinion is critical for attribution.

Appraisal caveats

  • Schiele's short career (roughly 1906–1918) means his oeuvre is relatively small, which supports long-term scarcity but also means fakes and misattributions appear on the market.
  • Print editions and posthumous reproductions exist; not all signed works on paper are unique originals.
  • Market performance depends heavily on medium, size, subject, condition, and provenance; broad price generalizations are unreliable.
  • The Appraisily auction-record sample covers 1,091 lots over three decades but may not capture every private sale or every auction result worldwide; the price distribution should be treated as indicative rather than exhaustive.

Evidence

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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