Paul-Elie Gernez Auction Prices and Value Guide

Paul-Elie Gernez auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 241 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Paul-Elie Gernez auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Paul-Elie Gernez
Source records
241
Market update
2026-02-06

Paul-Elie Gernez market snapshot

Paul-Elie Gernez shows solid auction liquidity with 125 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (26.2% · 16 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (68.9% · 42 sales)
  • $10,000+ (4.9% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$2,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
8
Median shift vs prior year
+25.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-13

Artist context

About Paul-Elie Gernez

Born

1888

Died

1948

Nationality

French

Also known as

Paul-Élie Gernez, Gernez

Paul-Élie Gernez (1888–1948) was a French painter, printmaker, pastelist, watercolorist, and illustrator born in Valenciennes and active for much of his career in and around Honfleur, where he died. Active during the first half of the twentieth century, Gernez worked across oil, pastel, gouache, and watercolor, and also produced prints and book illustrations. He is recorded in the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History as a pastelist, illustrator, watercolorist, art teacher, and painter, and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His work is documented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names and the Virtual International Authority File. Gernez typically signed his work 'Gernez,' sometimes with a date, and used an interlocked 'PEG' monogram.

oil paintingpastelwatercolorgouache

Common works and media

Gernez is most frequently encountered in appraisal and auction contexts as oil-on-canvas or oil-on-panel paintings, watercolors, pastels, gouaches, and prints. He also produced book illustrations. Subjects and specific series are not well documented in the available authority sources. Collectors may find still lifes, landscapes, harbor scenes (consistent with his Honfleur base), and figurative works attributed to him at auction. Works are typically signed 'Gernez' in the lower corner, occasionally accompanied by a date.

Market and appraisal context

With over 240 lots documented in auction databases, Paul-Élie Gernez's work appears regularly in the secondary market, most often as paintings, watercolors, pastels, prints, and works on paper. Collectors evaluating a Gernez work should consider the specific medium — oil paintings tend to be more significant than works on paper — as well as signature and monogram presence, provenance history, condition, and any exhibition or publication record. No single published catalogue raisonné was identified, so attribution questions may require comparison with RKD photographic documentation and expert review. Auction results vary by size, medium, and subject, and comparable sales should be consulted for current estimates.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings generally carry more weight than works on paper
  2. Signature: works signed 'Gernez' with date aid attribution
  3. Provenance and condition are standard valuation factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No single catalogue raisonné was identified in the available sources; attribution should be cross-checked against RKD documentation and provenance records.
  • The source pack did not include specific auction results or price-range data; market context is drawn from the artist's medium range and the 241-lot Invaluable presence.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Paul-Elie Gernez

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Artist value FAQ

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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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