# Armand Adrien Marie Apol artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:32:35.476Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1879-07-16
- Death date: 1950-05-27
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Post-Impressionism
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Lithography

## About Armand Adrien Marie Apol

Armand Adrien Marie Apol (1879–1950) was a Belgian painter, etcher, and lithographer associated in the available sources with Post-Impressionism. Born and deceased in Brussels, he is described particularly in connection with river landscapes, canals, marine scenes, and harbor views. Those waterside subjects form the clearest recurring theme in his public profile. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings as well as works on paper, especially etchings and lithographs. Stable identifiers maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, GND, ISNI, RKD, and the British Museum help distinguish Apol from similarly named artists and connect records using shorter forms such as Armand Apol. The collected evidence is stronger for identity than for detailed art-historical interpretation: exact dates, occupations, movement, and subjects are described principally in encyclopedia excerpts, while several institutional authority pages supplied identifiers but little readable biographical text. Contextual labels should therefore support discovery without replacing examination of a specific work, signature, medium, date, and provenance.

## Common works and media

Public descriptions identify Apol as a painter, etcher, and lithographer and associate him with river landscapes, canals, marine subjects, and harbor views. In appraisal and auction settings, collectors are therefore most likely to encounter paintings and works on paper or prints. Each object should still be classified from its physical medium, support, inscriptions, edition details, and condition rather than from the artist name or subject alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public artist page reports a body of matched auction records for Apol, with paintings and works on paper or prints identified as the most relevant broad categories. Appraisal should compare works sharing the same medium, dimensions, period, subject, condition, and attribution status. Signature and inscriptions, edition information for prints, restoration history, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can also affect comparability. Public results are only one part of the evidence: reporting conventions may differ, private transactions may be absent, and incomplete feeds or later attribution changes can alter the apparent market picture. A defensible conclusion therefore depends on closely matched lots and direct examination of the object rather than a general artist-level price statistic.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2537064
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/2183
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG17516
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/armand-adrien-marie-apol/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Apol
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Apol
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Apol
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500041070
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95947289/