Elisee Maclet Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Artist
Elisee Maclet
Source records
1,509
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Elisee Maclet

Élisée Maclet (1881–1962) was a French painter and graphic artist best known for his colorful depictions of Montmartre and the Mediterranean coast. Born in Lihons in the Somme département, he moved to Paris and settled in Montmartre around 1906, where he spent nearly two decades painting the neighborhood's windmills, cafés, gardens, and hillside streets. His luminous, freely brushed style places him within the Post-Impressionist tradition, though he is often grouped with the Impressionists. After World War I service and a stay in Dieppe, Maclet relocated to southern France in 1924, traveling and painting along the Côte d'Azur, in Corsica, and across the Occitanie region. His work remains popular with collectors of early twentieth-century French painting, and his Montmartre scenes are his most widely recognized subjects.

ImpressionismPost-Impressionismoil paintinggraphic artworks on paperMontmartre street scenesMediterranean coastal landscapesvillage and harbor scenes

Common works and media

Maclet is most widely encountered as oil paintings on canvas depicting Montmartre street scenes, the Moulin de la Galette, Sacré-Cœur, and neighborhood gardens. His southern France period produced coastal views of Antibes, Cassis, Villefranche, Nice, Menton, and Corsica. He also produced works on paper, drawings, and graphic works. Collectors may find village squares, harbor scenes, and sun-drenched landscape compositions across a range of sizes and mediums.

Market and appraisal context

Élisée Maclet maintains an active and broadly distributed secondary market. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 385 total lots, of which 191 carry a realized price, spanning from December 2002 through March 2026. Oil-on-canvas Montmartre scenes—particularly views of the Moulin de la Galette, Sacré-Cœur, and Rue Saint-Rustique—are the most frequently encountered subjects and tend to realize the strongest prices. The observed price distribution shows a median of $2,000 (USD) with an interquartile range of $950–$3,750 and a recorded maximum of $21,250. Works on paper and watercolors trade at materially lower levels; recent comparable watercolors realized between $300 and $325 at U.S. regional houses. Recent 12-month lot volume (11 priced lots) is down from the prior 12-month period (30 lots), which may indicate a modest softening in supply or consignor activity rather than a demand shift. Major houses such as Christie's, Tajan, Osenat, Hindman, and Shapiro Auctions have offered Maclet alongside frequent appearances at TGP Auction (European online), John Moran, Abell, and DOYLE, indicating healthy cross-continental liquidity between European and North American markets.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Impressionist & Modern Art
  • European Paintings
  • oil painting
  • works on paper
  • graphic art

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter: Montmartre views tend to be the most sought-after subjects at auction
  2. Medium: oil on canvas carries stronger market interest than works on paper or prints
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Condition and signature verification (typically signed 'E. Maclet')
  5. Period: works from the Montmartre years (1906–1924) are well represented in auction records
  6. Subject: Montmartre street scenes (Moulin de la Galette, Sacré-Cœur, Rue Saint-Rustique) command the strongest prices; Mediterranean and harbor scenes trade at mid-range; still lifes and floral subjects vary widely.

Appraisal caveats

  • Maclet's movement classification varies across sources; he is described as Impressionist and Post-Impressionist, and his market positioning reflects that range.
  • With over 1,500 works catalogued in auction databases, collectors should verify attribution carefully, especially for unsigned or unstamped works.
  • Works on paper, drawings, and prints may carry a different market profile than oil paintings.
  • Lot volume declined from 30 priced lots in the prior 12-month window to 11 in the most recent 12-month window. A thin recent sample may not fully represent current market direction.

Evidence

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Data basis

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