Yolande Ardissone Auction Prices and Value Guide
Yolande Ardissone auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 658 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
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- Artist
- Yolande Ardissone
- Source records
- 658
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Yolande Ardissone
Yolande Ardissone (born 1927, Bueil, Normandy) is a French painter known for vibrant landscape and coastal scenes of Brittany and Normandy. She trained at three Paris institutions — the École des Arts Appliqués, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and the École des Beaux-Arts — where she studied under Nicolas Pierre Untersteller. Ardissone's palette and brushwork place her within the French post-impressionist tradition, and a 1992 monograph on her work explicitly links her style to impressionist painting of Brittany. She received a silver medal in Paris in 1957 and exhibited regularly at the Salon des artistes français. Her daughter, Florence Arven, also paints. With over 650 works documented in auction and appraisal databases, Ardissone's paintings circulate actively among collectors of modern French landscape art.
Post-Impressionismoil paintingBrittany landscapes and coastal scenesNormandy scenes
Common works and media
Ardissone primarily produced oil paintings on canvas. Her most frequently encountered subjects are coastal and rural landscapes of Brittany and Normandy, often featuring harbors, fishing villages, and countryside scenes rendered in a bold, impressionist-influenced palette. Smaller-format works and study paintings appear alongside larger exhibition-scale canvases. Works are typically signed.
Market and appraisal context
Yolande Ardissone's auction market is broad and liquid, with 375 catalogued lots and 302 priced results spanning 1993 to May 2026. Her work trades predominantly in the mid-range for modern French post-impressionist landscape painting, with a realized-price range of $45–$11,250 and a median of $2,100. The interquartile spread ($1,200–$3,250) is relatively tight, indicating a stable and predictable market for standard-format works. Larger or more sought-after subjects — particularly Brittany coastal scenes and titled compositions — command the upper tier: recent highlights include "Saint Philibert" at $9,750 (New Orleans Auction Galleries, March 2026) and "Village a Sainte-Barbe" at $7,750 (same sale), while "Fleurs au Port de Sauzon" reached $6,000 at Freeman's | Hindman in June 2025. Her paintings circulate through a wide roster of houses including Christie's, Bonhams, Hindman, Heritage Auctions, Doyle New York, and Neal Auction Company, as well as regional firms such as DuMouchelles, Abell Auction, and Leonard Auction. European appearances at Osenat (Fontainebleau) feature Cambodian and travel subjects priced in EUR at lower tiers ($550–$600). Market activity is steady: 24 priced lots in the trailing twelve months versus 21 in the prior period, suggesting sustained collector demand with no signs of contraction. Recent lot titles begin to reference a 2024 death year, which may introduce a temporary appreciation cycle as collectors reassess her oeuvre.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
Value drivers
- [object Object]
Appraisal caveats
- No single catalogue raisonné was identified in available sources; attribution should be corroborated by style analysis and provenance
- No specific public auction records with realized prices were available in the source pack; consult live auction databases for current market data
- [object Object]
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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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