Endre Nemes Auction Prices and Value Guide

Endre Nemes auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 221 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Endre Nemes auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Endre Nemes
Source records
221
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Endre Nemes

Endre Nemes (1909–1985) was a Hungarian-Swedish painter, graphic artist, and draftsman whose career spanned more than five decades across Central Europe and Scandinavia. Born in Pécsvárad, Hungary, he studied and worked in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague before settling in Sweden in 1940, where he remained active until his death in Stockholm. Nemes's work draws on Surrealism, Cubism, and Lyrical Abstraction, producing a distinctive visual language that moves between dreamlike figuration and expressive abstraction. His early exhibitions featured uncanny motifs such as tailors' dummies and écorchés, while his later Swedish career became known for ambitious enamel commissions in public spaces. Nemes also worked extensively as a caricaturist and set painter, reflecting a broad engagement with visual culture beyond the gallery. Collectors encounter his work in European painting and prints sales, where his cross-national career and stylistic range give him recognition across several collecting categories.

SurrealismCubismLyrical AbstractionPaintingGraphic artDrawingEnamel (public art)AbstractionNude figuresTailors' dummies and écorchés (early work)

Common works and media

Nemes worked across a range of media. Oil on canvas paintings form the core of his fine-art output, alongside watercolors, ink drawings, and prints. Graphic works — including lithographs and etchings — appear frequently at auction. His early career produced Surrealist and Cubist-influenced compositions featuring figures, nudes, and uncanny still-life elements, while later works lean toward Lyrical Abstraction. Public enamel commissions, primarily in Sweden, represent a distinct category outside the traditional art market. Collectors may also encounter caricatures and set-design drawings from his early career in Central Europe.

Market and appraisal context

Endre Nemes appears regularly in European auction sales, particularly in Sweden and Central Europe, with over 200 catalogued lots across public auction records. Values are influenced by medium (oil paintings and unique works on paper tend to outperform prints and multiples), period (pre-1945 Surrealist and Cubist-phase works are rarer), provenance (documented exhibition or collection history in Sweden, Czech Republic, or Hungary adds value), condition, and subject matter. His distinctive early motifs and later enamel works each attract different collecting audiences. Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as the artist's name variations (Endre Nágel, Andrej Nemeš) may affect cataloguing consistency across auction houses and databases.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings and unique works on paper generally command higher values than prints or multiples
  2. Provenance: works with documented Swedish or Central European exhibition history may carry premium
  3. Period: works from the artist's early Surrealist and Cubist phases (pre-1945) are scarcer and may be more sought after
  4. Subject matter: early écorché and tailors'-dummy motifs are distinctive and identifiable within the artist's oeuvre

Appraisal caveats

  • No major-auction-house source was available in the source pack; auction categories and valuation factors are inferred from the artist's documented mediums, movements, and geographic markets, not from specific realized-price records.
  • With 221 catalogued lots in the Appraisily/Invaluable database, the artist has a moderate auction footprint. Individual results vary widely by medium, size, date, and condition.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

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