Léon Bazile Perrault Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Artist
Léon Bazile Perrault
Source records
324
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Léon Bazile Perrault

Léon-Jean-Bazille Perrault (1832–1908) was a French academic painter and draftsman active in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Poitiers, he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under William Bouguereau, one of the leading figures of the French Academic tradition. Perrault's work is characterized by finely rendered figural compositions, often depicting mythological, allegorical, and genre subjects with a particular sensitivity to children and young figures. His style reflects the polished technique and idealized forms associated with the Beaux-Arts method he absorbed from Bouguereau's studio. Perrault exhibited at the Paris Salon and his paintings entered both private and public collections across Europe. Today collectors encounter his work primarily through the 19th-century European painting market, where his academic figural scenes continue to attract interest.

French Academic paintingOil paintingDrawingFigural and genre scenesMythological and allegorical subjectsChildren and young figures

Common works and media

Perrault is best known for oil paintings on canvas depicting idealized figural scenes, young children, mythological subjects, and genre compositions in the French Academic manner. Titles referenced in authority records include La baigneuse (The Bather) and La charmeuse d'oiseaux (The Bird Charmer). Works on paper and drawings also appear in institutional holdings. Collectors may encounter cabinet-size paintings as well as larger exhibition-scale canvases.

Market and appraisal context

Perrault's works appear regularly at auction, most often as oil-on-canvas figural compositions, genre scenes, and mythological subjects. Key factors that can affect appraisal include the painting's size, condition, subject matter, provenance, and the quality of execution relative to his stronger Salon-period output. Works with clear provenance linking them to major collections or exhibitions tend to command stronger results. Drawings and works on paper also surface but typically at lower price points. Collectors should be aware that attribution may require specialist examination, as no modern catalogue raisonné was identified in available reference sources.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support: oil on canvas works are most commonly encountered at auction
  2. Subject matter: figural genre scenes, mythological compositions, and children portraits are recurring themes
  3. Condition, provenance, and attribution should be verified; works on panel and works on paper also appear
  4. Association with the Bouguereau circle and French Academic tradition may influence collector interest

Appraisal caveats

  • Exact day and month of death not confirmed in the available authority sources; collectors should verify biographical details against catalogue raisonné if one exists
  • No dedicated catalogue raisonné was identified in the collected sources; authentication may require expert opinion

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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