# Ben Stahl artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-stahl/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:06:29.644Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1910-09-07
- Death date: 1987-10-19
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Illustration, Painting, Watercolor

## Portrait

![Ben Stahl](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Artist_Ben_Stahl_Sarasota%2C_Florida.jpg)
Florida Memory · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist_Ben_Stahl_Sarasota,_Florida.jpg

## About Ben Stahl

Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910–1987), known professionally as Ben Stahl, was an American artist, painter, illustrator, author, and teacher. Authority records identify him particularly with illustration and painting, while biographical sources describe an early start: he received a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago at twelve and exhibited in its International Watercolor Show at sixteen. Stahl later taught at the Art Institute, the American Academy of Art, the Art Students League of New York, Pratt Institute, and universities. Collectors may encounter his work across the overlapping fields of illustration, painting, watercolor, and works on paper rather than through a single documented modern-art movement. That breadth makes identity matching important. His full name, Benjamin Albert Stahl, life dates, and established authority identifiers help distinguish relevant records from similarly named makers. Auction listings should still be checked individually for medium, date, signature, provenance, and attribution.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Ben Stahl through illustration, paintings, watercolors, and works on paper. Appraisily's auction data also groups some records under prints, editions, sculpture, mixed media, and decorative art, but those broader classifications should be verified against the individual lot description and the artist's documented identity before being treated as representative.

## Market and appraisal context

Ben Stahl's public auction record covers varied categories, so appraisal begins with close comparison rather than an artist-wide price assumption. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature, inscriptions, and attribution can all affect how a lot compares with prior sales. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and edition information may add useful support when documented. Appraisily's collected records include paintings and works on paper, along with broader category matches that need lot-level verification. Reported prices and totals may differ because feeds can omit private transactions, apply different fee conventions, or change when an attribution is revised. Recent comparable public sales are most useful when the works share material, scale, period, condition, and subject.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched auction results, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage may exclude private sales or incomplete feeds, so the data supports research and appraisal rather than replacing object-specific examination.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886504
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500055719
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/219166/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stahl_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stahl
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-stahl/