# Aurél Náray artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/aurel-naray/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:36:43.389Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1883-02-27
- Death date: 1948-08-29
- Nationality: Hungarian
- Common media: Paintings, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## Portrait

![Aurél Náray](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/N%C3%A1ray_Aur%C3%A9l%2C_Tolnai_Vil%C3%A1glapja%2C_1943.jpg)
Arlen foto · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A1ray_Aur%C3%A9l,_Tolnai_Vil%C3%A1glapja,_1943.jpg

## About Aurél Náray

Aurél Náray (1883–1948) was a Hungarian artist and painter whose identity is documented by Wikidata, Art UK, and several international authority records. A period photograph published in 1943 also preserves a documented likeness of the artist. The available source pack does not establish a specific movement, school, named series, or recurring subject with enough authority to present it as settled fact. Collectors nevertheless encounter Náray through a substantial public auction trail, especially in listings categorized as fine art and paintings or works on paper and prints. Some records also appear under broader sculpture, mixed-media, decorative-art, and edition categories, although those classifications require verification at the individual-lot level. Because names may appear without Hungarian diacritics, searches and catalogue entries can use both “Aurél Náray” and “Aurel Naray.” Careful identity matching is therefore important when comparing works, signatures, catalogues, and auction results.

## Common works and media

Available auction classifications most often place works attributed to Aurél Náray within fine art and paintings or works on paper and prints. The market dataset also contains broader references to sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, but the collected identity sources do not independently confirm how representative those categories are. For appraisal purposes, each object should therefore be assessed by its actual medium, support, dimensions, technique, signature, condition, date, and provenance rather than by category labels alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Aurél Náray's public auction record provides a useful starting point, but the appropriate comparison depends on the object being appraised. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, and confidence in the attribution. Comparable sales should involve works that are genuinely similar rather than relying on an artist-wide median or the highest observed result. Reported auction prices may also differ in whether they include buyer premiums or other fees. Private sales, missing records, and later attribution revisions can remain outside public datasets, so auction evidence should be combined with direct examination and supporting documentation.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched public auction data. When available, the evidence includes auction-house context, sale dates, reported realized prices, object details, and comparable lots. Coverage can be incomplete and should support, rather than replace, object-specific appraisal research.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21288522
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/naray-aurel-18831948
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500158900
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/140628076/
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1379006546
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/58842
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/aurel-naray/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A1ray_Aur%C3%A9l,_Tolnai_Vil%C3%A1glapja,_1943.jpg