# Artur Degner artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/artur-degner/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:15:17.271Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Artur Degner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Lovis_Corinth_Portr%C3%A4t_des_Malers_Artur_Degner_1925.jpg)
Lovis Corinth · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovis_Corinth_Portr%C3%A4t_des_Malers_Artur_Degner_1925.jpg

## About Artur Degner

Artur Degner (1888–1972), also recorded as Arthur Degner, was a German painter, graphic artist, and sculptor. The available source pack establishes this basic identity but offers little detail about his training, affiliations, chronology, or preferred subjects. Stable authority links connect the artist to Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the German National Library, ISNI, and RKD, helping distinguish his records from those of similarly named makers. For collectors, the spelling variation between Artur and Arthur is especially relevant when reviewing catalogue entries and auction databases. His documented activity across painting, graphic art, and sculpture means that works attributed to him may appear in more than one object category. No movement or school can be assigned confidently from the collected evidence, and the pack does not support claims about signature forms, recurring motifs, or specific techniques. Those details should be established from the individual work and stronger cataloguing evidence.

## Common works and media

The source pack supports three broad types of work associated with Degner: paintings, graphic art, and sculpture. It does not identify particular painting supports, print processes, sculptural materials, subjects, editions, or series. Auction and appraisal descriptions should therefore classify each object from direct examination and documentation rather than assuming a technique or subject from the artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily input associates 175 auction records with Artur Degner, but the collected pack does not expose lot descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, condition reports, or a major auction-house biography. The record count should therefore be treated as an available comparison pool, not as proof of demand, rarity, or price direction. Appraisal should begin by confirming that a work belongs to the same Artur or Arthur Degner represented by the linked authority files, then identifying whether it is a painting, graphic work, or sculpture. Comparison is most useful when records match the same work type and medium. Attribution certainty and comparability to documented public sales matter more here than broad conclusions drawn from the artist name alone. No price forecast is warranted from this source pack.

## 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 and can be matched reliably.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18571984
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Degner
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500191203
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/45093818/
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118524321
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000108941399
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/21424
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/artur-degner/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovis_Corinth_Portr%C3%A4t_des_Malers_Artur_Degner_1925.jpg