# Bernard Boutet de Monvel artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Death date: 1949-10-28
- Nationality: French
- Movements: Early 20th-century French painting with geometric tendencies
- Common media: oil painting, etching, sculpture, engraving, fashion illustration

## About Bernard Boutet de Monvel

Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881–1949) was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator, and interior decorator whose career bridged fine art and commercial design. He first earned recognition for his color etchings before gaining wider acclaim for his boldly geometric paintings of the 1900s and a celebrated series of Moroccan works produced during World War I. Active on both sides of the Atlantic, Boutet de Monvel became a sought-after portraitist for European and American high-society patrons. His fashion illustrations further extended his reach into the worlds of haute couture and luxury publishing. His life ended abruptly in a plane crash over the Azores in October 1949. Today his work appears in museum collections and at international auction, attracting collectors interested in early modernist painting, decorative arts, and interwar portraiture.

## Common works and media

Oil paintings including society portraits and Moroccan landscapes, color etchings and engravings, fashion illustrations for luxury publications, sculptural works, and interior decoration commissions. Prints and works on paper appear frequently at auction, while paintings and portraits are less common and tend to command higher estimates.

## Market and appraisal context

Boutet de Monvel's auction market spans multiple categories: oil paintings, etchings and engravings, fashion illustrations, and works on paper. Portraits and Moroccan-period paintings tend to draw the strongest interest, while his color etchings circulate regularly in the prints market. Factors that affect appraisal include medium, period, subject matter, provenance, edition state for prints, and condition. Collectors should note that his output across fine art, illustration, and interior decoration means works surface in different sale contexts, and attribution may require specialist review.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines identity research from library authority files and biographical databases with publicly documented auction records, sale dates, and comparable lots when those records are available. Artist facts are drawn from Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, the RKD, and Wikidata, cross-referenced with auction-house and encyclopedia sources.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2897585
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Boutet_de_Monvel
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500019513
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79475867/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82275122
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/11593