# Anton Refregier artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/anton-refregier/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:25:57.720Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1905-03-20
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Mural painting, Illustration, Design

## Portrait

![Anton Refregier](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Archives_of_American_Art_-_Anton_Refregier_-_2338_CROPPED.jpg)
Anton Refregier · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Refregier

## About Anton Refregier

Anton Refregier (1905–1979) was a Russian-born American artist identified in the available sources as a painter and muralist. Born in Moscow, he immigrated to the United States and became active in Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project commissions while also teaching art. Collected sources additionally describe illustration and design among his practices. No specific artistic movement is assigned here because the source pack does not provide sufficiently strong institutional evidence for one. Collectors may encounter paintings, mural-related material, illustrations, and designs rather than only completed architectural murals. His WPA activity is an important historical context for identifying and cataloging works, but it does not by itself establish authorship, date, or value. Appraisily's input data associates 173 auction-record entries with his name, providing a body of market evidence that should be evaluated through carefully matched work types, periods, and attributions.

## Common works and media

Available sources support painting and mural work as central practices, with illustration and design also documented. Portable paintings, illustrations, designs, or material related to mural practice may enter appraisal contexts, although the source pack does not establish how frequently each type appears at auction. No recurring subject, print edition, sculpture, ceramic category, or other specialized body of work is asserted from the available evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected market evidence consists primarily of Appraisily's auction-price page and its input count of 173 records; the pack does not include fetched major-auction-house lot narratives or realized-price details. Appraisal should therefore begin by determining whether an object is a painting, mural-related work, illustration, or design and whether documented evidence connects it to Refregier's WPA activity. Comparable sales are most useful when the work type and historical period are genuinely similar. The current research supports identity and contextual matching, not a price forecast, category premium, or claim about market direction. Individual auction records should be reviewed before drawing conclusions about an object's value.

## 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 supported identity facts from market questions that require lot-level evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3924184
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500075610
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96215831/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87146580
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4845
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43284
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5500.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Refregier
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Refregier
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Refregier