# Auguste Henri Musin artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:10:57.110Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1852-04-23
- Death date: 1923-12-23
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Painting, Engraving and illustration

## About Auguste Henri Musin

Auguste Henri Musin (1852–1923) was a Belgian artist identified by public authority records as a painter and by Dutch- and French-language biographical sources as a marine painter. Born in Ostend, he was the son of François Musin. VIAF consolidates records under several forms of his name, including Auguste Musin, August Musin, and Auguste Henri Musin, and also carries engraver and illustrator roles from constituent authorities. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Musin through paintings with maritime or harbor-related subject matter, while works described as prints or illustrations require object-specific verification. His documented lifetime places him in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but the collected source pack does not establish a formal movement or school. Authority records are particularly useful for distinguishing Musin from similarly named artists and checking whether an auction attribution maps to the recognized Belgian marine painter.

## Common works and media

Marine paintings are the clearest documented work type associated with Auguste Henri Musin, particularly works involving maritime or harbor-related subject matter. VIAF also carries engraver and illustrator roles from constituent authority records, but the collected evidence is insufficient to describe prints or illustrations as equally common. Each such object should be checked individually against its attribution and comparable auction records.

## Market and appraisal context

The strongest documented market context is Musin's identity as a Belgian marine painter. An appraisal should first confirm that the attribution and name variant correspond to the authority-record entity, then compare the object's subject and work type with relevant marine paintings. Appraisily's input associates 207 auction records with the public artist page, providing a starting pool for comparable-lot research. The count alone does not establish a price level or trend: useful comparisons require the underlying work descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, and attribution language. Engravings or illustrations should be evaluated separately because the source pack confirms those occupational labels but does not show how commonly such works appear at auction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, attribution language, and comparable lots.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2452464
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/47627966/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500004720
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Musin
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Musin
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/musin-auguste-henri-18521920
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/auguste-henri-musin/