Spyros Vassiliou Auction Prices and Value Guide

Spyros Vassiliou auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 417 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Spyros Vassiliou auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Spyros Vassiliou
Source records
417
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Spyros Vassiliou

Spyros Vassiliou (1902–1985) was a Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer born in Galaxidi, Greece. Active from the early 1920s through the mid-1980s, he became widely recognized in the 1930s after receiving the Benaki Prize from the Athens Academy. He later received a Guggenheim Prize for Greece, and his works were exhibited in galleries across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Vassiliou worked across painting, printmaking, illustration, and theatrical set design, reflecting the breadth of Greek modernist visual culture in the twentieth century. His art frequently drew on Greek landscapes, urban scenes, and everyday life, rendered in a distinctive lyrical figurative style. Collectors encounter Vassiliou's work primarily through Greek and international auction markets, where his paintings, prints, and works on paper appear regularly.

oil paintingprintmakingillustrationstage designGreek landscapesurban scenesfigurative compositions

Common works and media

Common works by Spyros Vassiliou include oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, drawings, prints such as lithographs and etchings, book illustrations, and stage and set designs. His subjects frequently feature Greek landscapes, seascapes, village and urban scenes, still lifes, and figurative compositions. Vassiliou also produced posters and graphic design work. Collectors may encounter both original works and reproduced illustrations from his extensive career in book and periodical publishing.

Market and appraisal context

Vassiliou's work appears regularly in Greek and international auction markets, with over 400 recorded lots. His oil paintings—particularly landscapes, urban scenes, and figurative compositions—tend to attract the strongest collector interest. Prints, illustrations, and works on paper also surface frequently. Key valuation factors include medium and scale, subject matter, provenance, condition, and whether the work can be firmly attributed and dated. Works with documented exhibition history or catalogue references may carry additional weight. Collectors should note that attribution and dating can be challenging, as Vassiliou remained active for over six decades and revisited similar subjects throughout his career.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium and scale: oil on canvas generally commands higher results than works on paper or prints
  2. Subject matter and period: earlier or more characteristic subjects may carry premium
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Condition and attribution certainty
  5. Over 400 recorded auction lots, indicating active and regular market presence

Appraisal caveats

  • Vassiliou remained active for over six decades and revisited similar subjects, which can make dating and period attribution challenging.
  • Market data in this summary is based on identity and biographical sources only; specific realized prices and comparable lots require dedicated auction-record analysis.

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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Spyros Vassiliou worth?

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