# Albert Marie Lebourg artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-02T12:08:42.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1849-02-01
- Death date: 1928-01-06
- Nationality: French
- Movements: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Rouen School
- Common media: oil painting, pastel, watercolor, drawing

## About Albert Marie Lebourg

Albert Marie Lebourg (1849–1928) was a French landscape painter associated with Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and the Rouen School. Born in Montfort-sur-Risle in Normandy, he trained and worked in a luminous, atmospheric style centered on the rivers, skies, and rural panoramas of northern France. Over a prolific career he produced more than two thousand landscapes, working in oil, pastel, and watercolor. He exhibited with the Société des Artistes Français and was represented over the years by leading Paris galleries including Bernheim-Jeune, Paul Rosenberg, and Georges Petit. His work is documented in major library authority files including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Library of Congress, and the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, reflecting his established place in the history of French landscape painting.

## Common works and media

Lebourg is best known for oil-on-canvas landscape paintings depicting views of the Seine, Rouen, the Normandy countryside, and other northern French locales. He also produced a substantial number of pastels and watercolors with the same atmospheric subjects, as well as preparatory drawings and sketches. Collectors may encounter his work across a range of sizes, from small panel studies to larger exhibition-scale canvases.

## Market and appraisal context

Albert Marie Lebourg's work trades in an established, liquid secondary market. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 224 lots, of which 113 carry a realized price, spanning sales from May 1993 through March 2026. The priced-lot distribution shows a wide but meaningful spread: the low end starts around €15 (typically small works on paper or ink drawings), the 25th percentile sits near €500, the median is approximately €3,000, the 75th percentile reaches €7,600, and the top recorded price is €27,500. Market activity is increasing — 19 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus 10 in the prior 12 months — suggesting renewed auction interest. Major houses that have offered Lebourg include Christie's, Sotheby's, Osenat, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Dorotheum, Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Millon & Associés, Bassenge, Piasa, Neumeister, Leclere, Tradart Deauville, Accademia Fine Art, and Jeschke Jádi. Oil-on-canvas landscapes of the Seine, Rouen, and Normandy are the most recognizable lots; works on paper (watercolors, pastels, ink drawings) form a lower-priced secondary tier. Recent confirmed Lebourg sales include an 1873 oil-on-panel landscape (Paysage avec maisons) at Osenat for €2,500 in March 2026, a Lebourg painting at Thomaston Place for $3,000 in February 2026, and watercolors at Osenat in the €350–€440 range in July 2025. Sotheby's listed Péniches sur la Seine à Paris in July 2025 (result not disclosed in the feed).

## Auction-house-backed market evidence

Albert Marie Lebourg's work trades in an established, liquid secondary market. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 224 lots, of which 113 carry a realized price, spanning sales from May 1993 through March 2026. The priced-lot distribution shows a wide but meaningful spread: the low end starts around €15 (typically small works on paper or ink drawings), the 25th percentile sits near €500, the median is approximately €3,000, the 75th percentile reaches €7,600, and the top recorded price is €27,500. Market activity is increasing — 19 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus 10 in the prior 12 months — suggesting renewed auction interest. Major houses that have offered Lebourg include Christie's, Sotheby's, Osenat, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Dorotheum, Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Millon & Associés, Bassenge, Piasa, Neumeister, Leclere, Tradart Deauville, Accademia Fine Art, and Jeschke Jádi. Oil-on-canvas landscapes of the Seine, Rouen, and Normandy are the most recognizable lots; works on paper (watercolors, pastels, ink drawings) form a lower-priced secondary tier. Recent confirmed Lebourg sales include an 1873 oil-on-panel landscape (Paysage avec maisons) at Osenat for €2,500 in March 2026, a Lebourg painting at Thomaston Place for $3,000 in February 2026, and watercolors at Osenat in the €350–€440 range in July 2025. Sotheby's listed Péniches sur la Seine à Paris in July 2025 (result not disclosed in the feed).

### Appraisal notes

When Appraisily appraises a Lebourg work, the appraiser combines these auction records with the owner's photographs, measured dimensions, medium identification (oil on canvas, oil on panel, pastel, watercolor, ink, or drawing), signature inspection, condition report, provenance documentation, and any exhibition or gallery labels. Comparable lots are selected by matching medium, subject, size bracket, and date range. The broad price spread means medium, dimensions, and condition are decisive: an oil-on-canvas Seine landscape in good condition by a named gallery will appraise very differently from a small unsigned ink sketch. The absence of a published catalogue raisonné means authentication relies on expert connoisseurship and provenance rather than a single reference standard.

### Valuation factors

- Medium — oil on canvas commands the highest values; oil on panel is a close second; pastels and watercolors form a mid-tier; ink drawings and small works on paper sit at the lower end
- Subject — Seine river views, Rouen cityscapes, and Normandy countryside scenes are the most marketable subjects; harbor and boat scenes (e.g., Boote im Hafen) also appear regularly
- Size — larger exhibition-scale canvases outperform small panel studies and works on paper
- Condition — Impressionist surfaces with intact impasto and original varnish carry premiums; restored or heavily cleaned works trade at a discount
- Date of execution — earlier works from the 1870s–1880s with strong Impressionist light effects tend to be valued higher than late-career pieces
- Provenance — gallery labels from Bernheim-Jeune, Paul Rosenberg, or Georges Petit add measurable value; documented exhibition history strengthens attribution
- Signature and attribution — the artist signed under multiple name forms (Albert Marie Lebourg, Albert-Charles Lebourg, Charles Albert Lebourg); clear, consistent signature with a dated work aids appraisal confidence
- Auction house tier — lots at Christie's, Sotheby's, or Dorotheum carry institutional credibility that can support higher estimates

### Collector notes

- Lebourg is a well-established name in 19th-century French landscape painting with reliable liquidity at auction. Over 200 lots have traded across three decades, so resale is generally achievable. The median price near €3,000 makes mid-range oils accessible, while top-tier Seine or Rouen canvases can reach five figures. Watercolors and works on paper offer entry points below €1,000 but appreciate more slowly. Collectors should verify that any lot attributed to 'Lebourg' is specifically Albert Marie Lebourg (1849–1928), as auction feeds sometimes conflate him with other artists sharing the first name Albert (e.g., Joseph Albert, Hermann Albert). Buying through a major house (Christie's, Sotheby's, Dorotheum) or a reputable French house (Osenat, Piasa) provides an additional layer of attribution review. Because no catalogue raisonné exists, provenance documentation and expert authentication are especially important before a high-value purchase.

### Market caveats

- The recent-lots feed includes non-Lebourg entries that matched on the first name 'Albert' (e.g., Joseph Albert, Hermann Albert, Juri Albert, Albert Besnard); the aggregate statistics (224 lots, price distribution) are derived from a broader query and may include some noise, though the top-auction-houses and confirmed Lebourg-specific lots align with the known market.
- No catalogue raisonné has been published for Lebourg; completeness of the oeuvre is uncertain and authentication depends on expert connoisseurship rather than a single authoritative reference.
- The artist used multiple name forms (Albert Marie Lebourg, Albert-Charles Lebourg, Charles Albert Lebourg, Albert Lebourg) across periods and galleries, which can cause lots to be miscatalogued or split across database entries.
- Realized prices for many recent lots (including the Sotheby's listing and several Hampel/Hargesheimer entries) are not disclosed in the feed, so the true current price floor may differ from what is observable.
- With over 2,000 landscapes produced, supply is relatively broad; not all works carry equal market weight and collectors should not assume uniform value across the oeuvre.
- Currency mix (EUR, USD, GBP) across auction houses means direct price comparisons require conversion to a common currency at the relevant sale date.

### Market evidence sources

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## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from authority files and museum sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Albert Marie Lebourg, identity data is grounded in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and Wikidata.

## Sources

- Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/48669
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/69851145/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86047754
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q630973
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lebourg