# Antoine Blanchard artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/antoine-blanchard/ Profile generated: 2026-05-02T00:57:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: French - Movements: Parisian street scene painting (20th-century French urban genre) - Common media: Oil painting ## About Antoine Blanchard Antoine Blanchard (1910–1988) was the pseudonym of French painter Marcel Masson, best known for his luminous depictions of Parisian street scenes. Born in a small village near the Loire, Blanchard studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and went on to produce a large body of work capturing the boulevards, monuments, and daily life of the French capital across changing seasons and times of day. His paintings reference the atmosphere of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Paris, often featuring landmarks such as the Moulin Rouge, the Arc de Triomphe, and Notre-Dame. An online catalogue raisonné maintained at antoineblanchard.org documents his paintings, drawings, and exhibition history. Blanchard's work remains widely collected, and his paintings appear regularly at auction internationally. ## Common works and media The most commonly encountered works by Antoine Blanchard are oil paintings on canvas depicting Parisian street scenes, boulevards, and landmark views. Typical subjects include the Champs-Élysées, the Moulin Rouge, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, and Notre-Dame, often rendered with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and period atmosphere. Works range from smaller cabinet-size paintings to larger gallery-format canvases. Drawings and works on paper also appear, though less frequently at auction. Prints and reproductions exist in the market and should be distinguished from original paintings during appraisal. ## Market and appraisal context Antoine Blanchard maintains a deep and actively traded secondary market. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 888 total lots with 689 priced results spanning 1993 to late 2025. The price distribution shows a wide but accessible market: the recorded minimum is $70 (likely a work on paper or small-format piece), the 25th percentile sits at $2,250, the median at $4,000, and the 75th percentile at $6,250. The all-time maximum of $460,000 reflects a premium, large-format, or historically significant canvas. Recent activity includes 19 lots in the trailing 12 months and 35 in the prior 12 months, indicating consistent but slightly contracting liquidity. Works are widely distributed across international and regional auction houses including Bonhams, Christie's, Heritage Auctions, Freeman's | Hindman, DuMouchelles, Dorotheum, Eldred's, and Waddington's. The most common category placement is Impressionist & Modern Art — Paintings and European Paintings — 19th/20th Century. Recent comparable lots show typical mid-range oil-on-canvas Parisian street scenes realizing between $1,000 and $7,500 USD depending on size, subject, and venue, with a Freeman's | Hindman lot of "Porte Saint Martin" achieving $7,500 in June 2025. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Antoine Blanchard maintains a deep and actively traded secondary market. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 888 total lots with 689 priced results spanning 1993 to late 2025. The price distribution shows a wide but accessible market: the recorded minimum is $70 (likely a work on paper or small-format piece), the 25th percentile sits at $2,250, the median at $4,000, and the 75th percentile at $6,250. The all-time maximum of $460,000 reflects a premium, large-format, or historically significant canvas. Recent activity includes 19 lots in the trailing 12 months and 35 in the prior 12 months, indicating consistent but slightly contracting liquidity. Works are widely distributed across international and regional auction houses including Bonhams, Christie's, Heritage Auctions, Freeman's | Hindman, DuMouchelles, Dorotheum, Eldred's, and Waddington's. The most common category placement is Impressionist & Modern Art — Paintings and European Paintings — 19th/20th Century. Recent comparable lots show typical mid-range oil-on-canvas Parisian street scenes realizing between $1,000 and $7,500 USD depending on size, subject, and venue, with a Freeman's | Hindman lot of "Porte Saint Martin" achieving $7,500 in June 2025. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal of an Antoine Blanchard work would begin with photographs of the painting front, reverse, signature, and any labels or inscriptions, plus recorded dimensions and medium. The appraiser would verify the work against the official catalogue raisonné maintained at antoineblanchard.org to confirm authenticity and establish whether the piece is a documented oil on canvas, a drawing, or a work on paper. Condition is critical — Blanchard's works are often decades old and may show craquelure, relining, or inpainting that materially affects value. The appraiser would then select comparable lots from the 689 priced auction records, filtering by subject (specific Paris landmark), size category, sale date proximity, and auction-house tier. Broader market context would reference the observed price distribution (median $4,000, p25–p75 range $2,250–$6,250) and recent 12-month activity trend (19 lots versus 35 the prior year) to assess current liquidity. Provenance documentation, exhibition history, and any gallery labels would be evaluated as value-enhancing factors. The pseudonym (Marcel Masson) would be noted and cross-referenced to ensure no attribution confusion. ### Valuation factors - Subject matter and specific Paris landmark depicted (e.g., Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, Place de l'Opéra, Boulevard Madeleine) — iconic landmarks tend to command stronger prices - Canvas dimensions — Blanchard produced works from small cabinet-size (13×18 in.) to large gallery-format (23×30 in. and above); larger works generally realize higher prices - Medium — oil on canvas is the primary medium and the most valued; works on paper and drawings trade at lower price points - Authentication through the official catalogue raisonné at antoineblanchard.org — inclusion substantively supports value - Condition — age-related issues such as craquelure, relining, overpainting, or frame damage can materially reduce value - Provenance clarity and exhibition history — well-documented ownership trails and gallery or museum exhibition records enhance value - Auction-house tier — works sold through major houses (Christie's, Bonhams, Hindman, Dorotheum) tend to realize higher prices than those through regional galleries - Market timing and liquidity — the trailing 12-month lot count (19) is below the prior period (35), suggesting a somewhat softer near-term market ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - The maximum recorded price of $460,000 is an outlier well above the 75th percentile ($6,250) and should not be used as a benchmark for typical works - Recent 12-month lot count (19) is notably lower than the prior 12 months (35), which may reflect market softening, seasonal variation, or simply fewer consignments — the trend should be monitored rather than assumed permanent - Some recent lots lack published source URLs, meaning the record is derived from the Appraisily auction index but cannot be independently verified at the individual-lot level without accessing the original auction-house catalog - Blanchard painted under the pseudonym Marcel Masson; works signed or attributed under that name may require additional provenance research - The large volume of Blanchard works in circulation (888 tracked lots) means the market is well-supplied; rarity premiums apply only to exceptional or unusually documented pieces - Currency mix in recent lots (USD, GBP, EUR) means direct price comparisons require currency normalization ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/antoine-blanchard/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antoine-blanchard-french-1910-1988-oil-painting-on-canvas-9-c-1b14663949 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antoine-blanchard-french-1910-1988-oil-painting-on-canvas-8-c-37e43f7bf5 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antoine-blanchard-1910-1988-french-oil-on-canvas-notre-dame-paris-1002-c-f4b42d7a1a - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antoine-blanchard-painting-of-busy-parisian-scene-42-c-d384c39ac6 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from authority files and institutional sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Antoine Blanchard, biographical data is drawn from the Library of Congress, VIAF, RKD, Wikidata, and the official catalogue raisonné at antoineblanchard.org. Market observations reference publicly documented auction activity and catalogue raisonné records. ## Sources - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2853691 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Blanchard - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96483160/ - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018124391 - RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/8845 - Antoine Blanchard Estate: http://www.antoineblanchard.org