# Alexis Hanzen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/alexis-hanzen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:39:27.881Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Russian
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Alexis Hanzen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD.jpg)
неизвестен · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD.jpg

## About Alexis Hanzen

Alexis Hanzen is the catalog form used here for Alexei Vasilievich Hanzen, a Russian painter who lived from 1876 to 1937. Public identity records and multilingual reference pages consistently associate him with marine painting, with the sea forming the principal subject of his work. He is also described as a professor and collector and as an artist connected with Russia’s Naval Ministry. A Ukrainian biographical source identifies Hanzen as the grandson and student of the celebrated marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky, although stronger institutional corroboration would improve confidence in that relationship. Collectors may encounter his name in several transliterated forms, including Alexis, Alexei, and Alexej Hanzen, as well as Cyrillic spellings. Those variations matter when connecting an object, signature, catalog entry, or auction record to the correct artist. The available evidence supports a clear identity as a Russian marine painter, but it does not establish a formal movement or detailed chronology of his career.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter paintings centered on the sea and other marine subjects. The collected references consistently characterize Hanzen as a marine painter, but they do not establish specific techniques, recurring series, standard dimensions, print editions, or a complete catalog of subjects. Medium and attribution should therefore be verified from the individual object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily input associates 198 records with this artist, but the collected public page was rate-limited and the source pack contains no lot-level results or major auction-house biography. Its strongest market-relevant signal is Hanzen’s consistent identification as a marine painter. Comparable-record research should therefore distinguish marine subjects from unrelated works and account for Alexis, Alexei, Alexej, and Cyrillic catalog names. The available material does not support a price trend, scarcity assessment, or value range. Any appraisal conclusion should be based on verified individual auction records and object-specific evidence rather than this identity profile alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile distinguishes confirmed identity evidence from market details that still require lot-level verification.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4133290
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
- Wikipedia: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexej_Vasiljevi%C4%8D_Hanzen
- Wikipedia: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/109144648430878896934/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/alexis-hanzen/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD.jpg