# Achiel van Sassenbrouck artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/achiel-van-sassenbrouck/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:26:56.268Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1886-09-25
- Death date: 1979-10-03
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Painting

## About Achiel van Sassenbrouck

Achiel van Sassenbrouck, also recorded as Achille Van Sassenbrouck, was a Belgian painter born in 1886 and deceased in 1979. Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN connect these name forms to the same artist, giving collectors and researchers a useful basis for matching differently catalogued works. The collected French and Dutch Wikipedia entries associate him with the Bruges School, although that classification remains provisional here because the source pack does not contain a museum, scholarly catalogue, or artist-estate account confirming it. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with paintings and in public auction records filed under several broader fine-art categories. Because the available biographical evidence is limited, identification should rely on the work itself, inscriptions and signatures, documented provenance, and comparison with securely attributed examples rather than on name matching alone.

## Common works and media

Paintings are the clearest supported work type because authority records consistently identify Van Sassenbrouck as a painter. Appraisily's auction index also groups matched listings under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Those broader groupings have low evidentiary weight because the index describes its category concentration as broad or sparse. Each object should therefore be classified from its actual medium, construction, signature, inscriptions, edition information, and documented attribution rather than from the artist-level category list alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction records provide a starting point for evaluating works catalogued under Achiel van Sassenbrouck, but they should be compared selectively. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures or inscriptions, provenance, exhibition and catalogue history, and the confidence of the attribution. Edition information also matters when the object is a print or other multiple. Comparable results are most useful when the works share these characteristics and were sold under similar conditions. Appraisily's index notes that its coverage can omit private transactions and incomplete feeds, and that attribution changes may affect historical records. Broad category labels therefore should not be taken as evidence that every listed work type is characteristic of the artist.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96507234/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70717690
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500110190
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/99772
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Van_Sassenbrouck
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Van_Sassenbrouck
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/achiel-van-sassenbrouck/