Paul Cornoyer Auction Prices and Value Guide

Paul Cornoyer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 214 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Paul Cornoyer auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Paul Cornoyer
Source records
214
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Paul Cornoyer

Paul Cornoyer (1864–1923) was an American painter born in Saint Louis, Missouri, whose work spans Impressionist, Tonalist, and occasionally Pointillist idioms. Active at the turn of the twentieth century, Cornoyer became best known for atmospheric urban cityscapes—particularly scenes of New York streets and parks rendered in muted, tonal palettes—as well as lyrical New England landscapes. He studied in Paris and later settled in New York, where he absorbed the influence of the American Impressionist circle while maintaining a distinctively soft, moored approach to light and atmosphere. His paintings balance structural clarity with a poetic sensitivity to weather, season, and the transient effects of urban and rural light. Cornoyer died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a coastal artists' colony that reinforced his landscape practice.

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Common works and media

Cornoyer's most frequently encountered works at auction and in collections are oil-on-canvas paintings. Primary subjects include New York street and park scenes—often depicting rain-slicked pavements, leafy avenues, and urban architecture—alongside coastal and rural landscapes painted in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts. He also produced landscape studies and smaller plein-air oil sketches. Works range from intimate cabinet-size panels to larger exhibition-scale canvases.

Market and appraisal context

Cornoyer's work appears with regularity at major American art auctions, with 214 lots documented in Appraisily records. Paintings of New York cityscapes and Gloucester coastal scenes tend to draw the strongest collector interest. Value depends on size, medium, condition, provenance, and the degree to which a work exemplifies his characteristic Impressionist-Tonalist synthesis. Smaller oil sketches and plein-air studies trade at lower ranges, while larger, exhibited canvases with gallery or museum provenance can reach significantly higher results. Attribution caution is warranted, as no published catalogue raisonné was identified in available scholarly sources.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No catalogue raisonné was identified in the available sources; attribution should be confirmed through scholarly review or museum consultation.
  • Market data here reflects publicly available auction-house and authority records; realized prices vary widely by size, subject, condition, and provenance.

Evidence

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Paul Cornoyer worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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