Eugene de Blaas Auction Prices and Value Guide
Eugene de Blaas auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 227 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Eugene de Blaas auction prices: quick answer
Eugene de Blaas auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Eugene de Blaas
- Source records
- 227
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Eugene de Blaas
Eugene de Blaas (1843–1931), also known as Eugen von Blaas and Eugenio Blaas, was an Italian-Austrian painter associated with the Academic Classicism movement. Born in Albano Laziale near Rome and active primarily in Venice, he came from a prominent artistic family: his father Carl Ritter von Blaas was a noted sculptor, and both his brother and son also pursued careers in art. Trained in the academic tradition, de Blaas became known as a genre painter working in oil and watercolor. His work reflects the late-nineteenth-century taste for idealized figurative scenes rendered with refined technique. Collectors today encounter his paintings at major auction houses and in museum collections, where his Venetian genre subjects remain among his most recognized contributions.
Academic Classicismoil paintingwatercolordrawinggenre scenes
Common works and media
De Blaas is most frequently encountered as a genre painter in oil on canvas, with watercolors and works on paper also appearing in auction records. His output centers on figurative genre scenes, often depicting Venetian subjects. Signed examples may appear under the names Eugene de Blaas, Eugen von Blaas, or Eugenio Blaas.
Market and appraisal context
Eugene de Blaas's work appears regularly in the 19th-century European painting category at auction. Oil on canvas is the most common medium, though watercolors and drawings also surface. Key factors affecting appraisal include medium, dimensions, condition, subject matter, provenance history, and whether the work can be securely attributed to the artist. Because de Blaas signed works under several name variants, auction records may list him differently, and careful cross-referencing is advisable. No published catalogue raisonné was identified in available sources, so attribution questions may benefit from expert scholarly or auction-house review.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- 19th Century European Paintings
- Old Master & 19th Century Art
Value drivers
- Medium: oil on canvas and watercolor are the primary media encountered at auction
- Provenance: family descent from Carl von Blaas and Venice academy connections may support attribution
- Attribution: works signed under multiple name variants (Eugene de Blaas, Eugen von Blaas, Eugenio Blaas) appear in auction records
- Subject matter: genre scenes are the most commonly encountered work type in auction contexts
Appraisal caveats
- No catalogue raisonné was identified in the collected sources; attribution should be confirmed through scholarly or auction-house expert review
- Minor death-year discrepancy across authority files (1931 per RKD and Wikidata vs. 1932 per one VIAF-contributing source); does not affect attribution
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
- VIAF (OCLC) library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
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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