# Albert Sterner artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/albert-sterner/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:06:07.024Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Death date: 1946-12-16
- Nationality: American, British
- Common media: Painting, Engraving and printmaking, Illustration, Design

## Portrait

![Albert Sterner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Albert_Sterner_-_NARA_-_20807430_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author or not provided · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Sterner_-_NARA_-_20807430_(cropped).jpg

## About Albert Sterner

Albert Edward Sterner (1863–1946) was an American painter and engraver who is also described as a British-American illustrator and painter. Born in London, he worked across painting, engraving, illustration, and design. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on several kinds of objects rather than within one narrowly documented medium. Stable authority and museum identifiers connect Sterner with records maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, MoMA, and the National Gallery of Art, helping establish a consistent identity for research and cataloguing. The collected evidence does not establish a specific artistic movement, recurring subject, or named series, so those labels should not be inferred. For appraisal research, the strongest identity anchors are his full name, Albert Edward Sterner; his 1863–1946 life dates; and his documented roles as a painter, engraver, and illustrator. Exact conclusions about an individual object still depend on its own physical and documentary evidence.

## Common works and media

Sterner's documented practice indicates that collectors may encounter paintings, engravings and other prints, illustration-related works, and possibly design material. The source pack does not identify recurring subjects, named series, standard editions, or a preferred painting support, so individual works should be classified from their physical medium, inscriptions, and catalogue documentation rather than from broad assumptions about his production.

## Market and appraisal context

Auction and appraisal research for Albert Sterner should begin by separating paintings from engravings, other prints, and illustration-related material. Comparisons are most useful when the work type and medium are closely matched and when sale dates and realized prices are available. Identity also matters: records should be associated with Albert Edward Sterner, the London-born artist who lived from 1863 to 1946, rather than with a similarly named maker. This source pack does not include item-level cataloguing from a major auction house, so it cannot support claims about current price direction, scarcity, or the relative performance of particular subjects. Condition, dimensions, inscriptions, attribution, provenance, and edition information should be assessed from the object and its documentation before selecting comparable lots.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. The depth of object-level evidence varies by artist and record.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3608043
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sterner
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sterner
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500018573
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/23661217/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87828858
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5655
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/albert-sterner/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Sterner_-_NARA_-_20807430_(cropped).jpg