Mathieu Verdilhan Auction Prices and Value Guide

Mathieu Verdilhan auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 196 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Mathieu Verdilhan
Source records
196
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Mathieu Verdilhan

Mathieu Verdilhan (1875–1928), also known as Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan, was a French painter and pastelist born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard. He is best known for his depictions of the Old Port of Marseille, capturing the maritime life and light of the Provençal coast during the early twentieth century. His subjects ranged across marine scenes, landscapes, portraits, and genre paintings, reflecting a regional French painting tradition rooted in observation of everyday Mediterranean life. Verdilhan worked in both oil and pastel, and his output is documented in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) and cited in standard reference works including Thieme/Becker. His career was centered in the south of France, and he died in La Pomme in 1928 at the age of 53.

oil paintingpastelmarine and harbor sceneslandscapeportraitgenre scenes

Common works and media

Verdilhan's most frequently encountered works are oil paintings and pastels of harbor scenes, coastal landscapes, and port life, especially views of the Vieux-Port of Marseille. He also produced portraits and genre paintings. Works on paper in pastel are documented by RKD. Collectors may encounter both signed oil canvases and smaller pastel studies at regional European auctions.

Market and appraisal context

Mathieu Verdilhan's works appear at auction primarily as oil paintings and pastels, with harbor and Provençal landscape subjects being the most recognizable. Collectors encountering Verdilhan at auction should consider medium, subject matter, provenance, condition, and whether the work depicts his signature Old Port of Marseille motifs. His auction history is concentrated in French regional sales. As a moderately catalogued early-twentieth-century French painter, his market profile is modest but stable, and prices are influenced by the quality and specificity of the subject rather than broad name recognition.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • European paintings
  • French school paintings

Value drivers

  1. Provenance and exhibition history may significantly affect value, as Verdilhan is catalogued in Thieme/Becker and referenced by RKD.
  2. Works depicting the Old Port of Marseille or Provençal harbor scenes are closely associated with the artist and may carry stronger collector interest.
  3. Medium matters: paintings in oil and pastels by Verdilhan are documented; attribution and condition should be verified by a specialist.

Appraisal caveats

  • No major auction-house result data was available in the collected source pack. Appraisal values should be cross-referenced with dedicated auction databases.
  • The artist's market profile is modest compared to better-known French painters of the same era; comparable sales should be drawn from regional French auction records when possible.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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