# Bernhard Kretzschmar artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:02:07.684Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art

## About Bernhard Kretzschmar

Bernhard Kretzschmar (1889–1972) was a German painter and graphic artist whose documented career belongs to the broader setting of twentieth-century German art. VIAF, IdRef, and Wikidata identify him consistently, while the British Museum maintains a collection authority page under his name. The available bibliographic record points to both painting and graphic work, the two principal forms in which collectors may encounter his output. One collected biographical source associates his early work with New Objectivity and describes later recognition in East Germany, but the present institutional excerpts do not independently establish those stylistic and historical details. They are therefore better treated as research leads than as definitive classification. For appraisal and entity matching, the strongest facts in this source pack are his name, German identity, 1889–1972 lifespan, and practice across painting and graphic art. These identifiers help distinguish his works and auction records from similarly named people.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and graphic works catalogued under Bernhard Kretzschmar's name. The supplied evidence does not establish a reliable distribution of subjects, techniques, editions, or periods across the indexed auction records, so more specific work-type claims should be verified against individual catalog entries.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's input associates Bernhard Kretzschmar with 274 indexed auction records, indicating a substantial pool of possible comparisons but not, by itself, a price conclusion. The collected authority and bibliographic evidence supports an initial distinction between paintings and graphic works. Any appraisal should compare an object with records of the same work type and closely related examples rather than treating all indexed lots as interchangeable. The supplied excerpts do not expose detailed information about individual lots, editions, condition, attribution, provenance, dimensions, or sale outcomes. Consequently, those details must be checked in the underlying auction records before selecting comparables or interpreting realized prices. This source pack does not support a market trend, scarcity claim, or price forecast.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with indexed auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. The depth of evidence varies by artist and object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q825461
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/69724250/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/229873340
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG34219
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Kretzschmar
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/bernhard-kretzschmar/