Emile Schuffenecker Auction Prices and Value Guide
Emile Schuffenecker auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 284 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Emile Schuffenecker auction prices: quick answer
Emile Schuffenecker auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Emile Schuffenecker
- Source records
- 284
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Emile Schuffenecker
Émile Schuffenecker (1851–1934) was a French painter, pastelist, and draftsman associated with the Post-Impressionist movement. A schoolmate and close friend of Paul Gauguin, Schuffenecker played a significant role in the late-nineteenth-century Parisian avant-garde as both an artist and an early collector. He was among the first to acquire works by Vincent van Gogh and was instrumental in organizing the Volpini Exhibition of 1889, a landmark independent showing mounted at the Café des Arts during the Exposition Universelle. Schuffenecker maintained friendships with Symbolist painter Odilon Redon and other leading figures of the era. While his own output has received less scholarly attention than that of his close circle, his paintings, pastels, and drawings appear regularly in collections and auction markets. His legacy also encompasses a controversial dimension: some sources note historical suspicions regarding involvement in forging works attributed to Van Gogh and other contemporaries, a topic that remains debated in art-historical scholarship.
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Common works and media
Schuffenecker is known for oil paintings, pastels, and drawings. His subjects frequently include Breton landscapes, figure compositions, portraits, and domestic interiors rendered in a Post-Impressionist palette. Works on paper, including charcoal and pastel studies, appear regularly in the auction market. Paintings related to the Pont-Aven school and the Volpini Exhibition period are especially noted. Collectors may also encounter prints and reproductive works associated with his circle.
Market and appraisal context
Works by Émile Schuffenecker appear at auction primarily within Impressionist and Modern Art, 19th-century European painting, and works-on-paper categories. Oil paintings tend to attract stronger results than pastels or drawings. Collectors should pay close attention to provenance documentation and attribution, as Schuffenecker has been the subject of forgery-related scholarship, which can complicate authentication. Pieces with documented links to the Volpini Exhibition, Gauguin's circle, or Schuffenecker's own art-collecting activities may carry added contextual interest. Comparable public auction records, sale dates, medium, size, condition, and scholarly cataloguing all contribute to appraisal value. Because no widely accepted catalogue raisonné was identified, expert connoisseurship remains essential for attribution.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- Schuffenecker has been described as a suspected forger in some sources; attribution should be verified through scholarly connoisseurship or catalogue raisonné review
- No comprehensive published catalogue raisonné was identified in the available source pack; authentication relies on expert opinion and institutional records
- Market data in this profile is based on identity and biographical research rather than comprehensive auction-result analysis
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- Tate museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
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