# Arno Breker artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T10:29:44.361Z
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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1900-07-19
- Death date: 1991-02-14
- Nationality: German
- Movements: National Socialist art, as a historical association, 20th-century German monumental sculpture
- Common media: Sculpture, Drawing, Lithography and prints, Architecture

## Portrait

![Arno Breker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Arno_Breker_Atelier_Duesseldorf_%281972%29.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arno_Breker_Atelier_Duesseldorf_(1972).jpg

## About Arno Breker

Arno Breker (1900–1991) was a German sculptor and architect whose career is closely associated with monumental public sculpture and the cultural politics of Nazi Germany. Authority records identify him as a sculptor, while biographical references connect his best-known public works with the state-sponsored artistic program of the period. That history remains essential context for understanding how his work is catalogued, exhibited, and discussed. Collectors may encounter Breker through sculpture, drawings, lithographs, and related works on paper, as well as through records of large-scale public projects. His name appears in major identity and library-authority systems, including Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, RKD Research, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. For appraisal purposes, the object’s medium, date, provenance, condition, attribution, and relationship to documented works should be considered together.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include sculptures and mixed-media objects, along with drawings, lithographs, prints, paintings, decorative works, and editions. Breker is especially associated with monumental and public sculpture, but smaller studio works and works on paper can also appear in the market. Identification should account for medium, dimensions, date, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, condition, and whether the object can be connected to a documented work or catalogue reference.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s artist index shows a broad auction footprint for Arno Breker, including sculpture, mixed media, works on paper, prints, paintings, decorative art, and editions. Public results should be treated as comparables rather than as a guaranteed value range. The most useful comparisons match the object’s medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, signature or inscription, edition details, and attribution status. Subject matter and historical context may also affect how a work is assessed. Auction reporting can differ in its treatment of buyer premiums and fees, and public databases may omit private sales or contain incomplete attribution information. A formal appraisal should therefore review the individual object and its documentation alongside recent, genuinely comparable sales.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61055
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/030344891
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500096044
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/56583257/
- RKD Research: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/131609
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12177941t
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Breker
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/arno-breker/