Lucien Génin Auction Prices and Value Guide

Lucien Génin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 557 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Lucien Génin
Source records
557
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Lucien Génin

Lucien Génin (1894–1953) was a French painter, pastelist, and watercolorist active in the creative circles of early twentieth-century Paris. Born on November 9, 1894, he came of age in the Montmartre milieu before World War I and later worked among the cafés and studios of 1920s Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He produced oils, pastels, watercolors, and drawings depicting Paris street life, café terraces, and urban landscapes that capture the atmosphere of the city between the wars. His identity is well established in major authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. The Bénézit dictionary includes a dedicated entry that corrects earlier confusion about his year of death, confirming 1953 rather than 1958.

oil paintingpastelwatercolordrawingParis street scenesMontmartre viewscafé and urban scenes

Common works and media

Génin is most often encountered at auction as a painter and pastelist of Parisian city views — Montmartre streets, café terraces, boulevard scenes, and riverbank landscapes. He also produced watercolors and drawings in similar subjects, typically in modest to mid-size formats on canvas or paper. Collectors may find signed oils, pastels, watercolors, and ink or pencil drawings depicting recognizable Paris landmarks and neighborhood atmospheres from the 1920s through the early 1950s.

Market and appraisal context

Génin's work appears regularly at international auction, with over five hundred recorded lots spanning oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, and drawings. When evaluating a Génin work, key factors include the medium — oil on canvas generally achieves stronger results than works on paper — along with dimensions, subject matter, condition, signature, and provenance. Comparable results from major salerooms such as Drouot, Christie's, and Sotheby's provide useful benchmarks, though realized prices vary considerably by size, quality, and period. Because his output was substantial and works surface frequently, individual rarity claims should be measured against the full available record.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil on canvas generally commands stronger results than pastel or watercolor
  2. Subject: recognizable Paris landmark and neighborhood scenes are most sought after
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Condition, dimensions, and whether the work is signed and dated
  5. Over 550 recorded auction lots indicate regular saleroom availability

Appraisal caveats

  • Génin was prolific and works appear frequently at auction; rarity claims for individual pieces should be assessed against the full auction record.
  • Some older references list a death year of 1958, corrected to 1953 by Bénézit (1999); collectors should verify dates on labels and documentation.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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