# Abel Bertram artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/abel-bertram/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:46:41.143Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1871-09-09
- Death date: 1954-08-03
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting

## About Abel Bertram

Abel Bertram (1871–1954) was a French painter born in Saint-Omer and later associated through his death record with Paris. Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Wikidata, and other authority systems maintain records for him, giving collectors several stable identifiers for distinguishing his work from similarly named artists. The available source pack does not establish a specific movement, school, documented series, or detailed exhibition history, so such labels should not be assigned without further scholarly evidence. Collectors primarily encounter Bertram through paintings and other objects attributed to him in public auction records. Appraisily's matched index covers auction activity across multiple categories, although its category data is broad and should not be treated as a catalogue of the artist's complete production. Identity, authorship, medium, date, and documentary history therefore remain important when assessing any work offered under his name.

## Common works and media

The current auction index groups material attributed to Abel Bertram under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are broad auction classifications rather than a documented inventory of his artistic output. For appraisal purposes, the object's actual medium, support, dimensions, subject, signature, date, edition status, and attribution wording should be recorded before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction records for Abel Bertram provide useful comparison points, but their observed prices are not predictions for an individual object. A sound appraisal should compare works of similar medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution status. Signatures and inscriptions should be examined alongside provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and any restoration. Edition information matters when the object is a print or another multiple. Reporting practices may also differ over whether buyer premiums and fees are included. Because private transactions, incomplete feeds, and attribution revisions may be absent from the public record, the auction index should be combined with direct inspection and current, closely matched comparable sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results are evidence inputs, not substitutes for authentication, condition assessment, or a complete appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26214443
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/71666430/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500085993
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14969653x
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Bertram
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/abel-bertram/