# August Hauptmann artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/august-hauptmann/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:35:26.086Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Sculpture

## About August Hauptmann

August Hauptmann (1826–1878) is identified in international library authority data as a German sculptor. VIAF links the name to both Wikidata and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, helping distinguish this historical artist from people with similar names. The authority record also preserves the French-form variant “Auguste Hauptmann,” which can be useful when reviewing catalogues, collection records, or older auction descriptions. The collected evidence does not establish an exact birth or death date, training, places of activity, movement, or a documented body of named works. For that reason, this profile treats sculpture as the supported artistic context while avoiding narrower claims about style, period, materials, or subject matter. Collectors may encounter the name on works or records requiring careful identity matching, especially where the variant spelling appears. Further museum, scholarly, or catalogue documentation would be needed to describe Hauptmann’s career and oeuvre with greater specificity.

## Common works and media

Sculpture is the only work type supported by the collected authority evidence. The source pack does not identify particular materials, subjects, named works, editions, or series, so objects attributed to Hauptmann require further documentary and object-specific research before a narrower classification can be made.

## Market and appraisal context

Available authority sources establish August Hauptmann’s identity, life years, German association, and classification as a sculptor, but the collected source pack does not provide readable auction-lot descriptions or public sale results. A market appraisal should therefore begin by confirming that a work and its documentation concern this artist, including records using the variant Auguste Hauptmann. The available evidence is insufficient to identify recurring materials, subjects, dimensions, editions, or periods, and it does not support conclusions about price levels or trends. Comparable public auction records should be assessed only after the artist match and object description have been independently verified.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity data with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For August Hauptmann, the present biographical basis is stronger than the collected lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/69204115/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110213501
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb149756268
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/august-hauptmann/