Ödön Márffy Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ödön Márffy auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 223 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ödön Márffy auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Ödön Márffy
Source records
223
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Ödön Márffy

Ödön Márffy (1878–1959) was a Hungarian painter and a founding member of The Eight (Nyolcak), the progressive Budapest artists' group that challenged academic conventions in early twentieth-century Hungary. Born on November 30, 1878, Márffy is credited with helping introduce Cubism, Fauvism, and Expressionism to Hungarian art, absorbing influences from Parisian avant-garde circles and translating them into a distinctive Central European idiom. His body of work spans landscapes, portraits, and figurative compositions, marked by bold color, structural clarity, and modernist experimentation. Active during a pivotal era for Hungarian modernism, Márffy exhibited alongside the region's most forward-thinking painters and contributed to the broader modernization of Central European visual culture. Today his paintings circulate primarily through Hungarian and regional European auction markets, where collectors and scholars value them as documents of the early Hungarian avant-garde.

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Common works and media

Márffy worked primarily in oil on canvas. Recurring subjects include landscapes, portraits, and figurative compositions. Works on paper such as drawings may also surface. His paintings from the period associated with The Eight tend to show the strongest modernist influence, while later works may reflect a more restrained approach. Collectors encountering his work at auction will most often find single-owner oil paintings, with landscapes and portraits being the most frequently offered categories.

Market and appraisal context

Márffy's paintings appear most often in Central European auction sales, particularly those specializing in modern Hungarian art. Appraisal considerations include medium, size, subject matter, provenance clarity, date of execution, and whether the work reflects his hallmark Cubist or Fauvist period. Works with documented exhibition history or literature references—such as entries in Bénézit or the Witt Checklist—may carry additional weight. Attribution should be confirmed through expert review or provenance records. Collectors should consult recent auction results from houses handling Hungarian modern art for comparable pricing context, as realized prices can vary significantly by period, quality, and condition.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Modern and Contemporary Hungarian Art
  • 19th–20th Century European Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support (oil on canvas versus works on paper)
  2. Subject matter and period (works reflecting Cubist or Fauvist influence from his The Eight period may carry stronger interest)
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Condition and attribution verification

Appraisal caveats

  • No specific auction-house sale records are present in the source pack; comparable lot data should be drawn from Central European auction databases.
  • Exact day of death not confirmed in available sources; only the year 1959 is established.
  • Movement attributions (Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism) come from Wikipedia discovery and would benefit from additional museum or scholarly corroboration.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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