# Carl Roesch artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-roesch/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:12:09.566Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swiss
- Common media: Painting, Drawing, Stained glass

## About Carl Roesch

Carl Roesch (1884–1979) was a Swiss painter and draughtsperson whose documented practice also included art made for architectural settings. Structured identity data describes him as both a painter and a maker of drawings. Wikimedia documentation attributes stained-glass windows at St. Josef in Zürich-Industriequartier to Roesch, while another documented public work is the painting Kosmos associated with the Schwabentor tower clock in Schaffhausen. Together, these records place his work across painting, graphic art, stained glass, and public decoration. The collected sources do not establish a specific movement or school, so no stylistic label is assigned here. Collectors are most likely to encounter Roesch through paintings and drawings appearing in auction records, while documented architectural works provide additional context for understanding the breadth of his practice. Authority records from several international institutions help distinguish this Swiss artist from other people with similar names.

## Common works and media

The available identity sources support paintings and drawings as core work types associated with Carl Roesch. Documented architectural work also includes stained-glass windows at St. Josef in Zürich and the public painting Kosmos at the Schwabentor in Schaffhausen. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or a named series, so those categories should not be assumed without object-specific evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Carl Roesch should begin by identifying its work type and medium, particularly whether it is a painting, drawing, or object connected with his documented stained-glass practice. Relevant public auction comparisons should match the work as closely as possible by medium and should be evaluated using their sale dates and recorded results. The collected source pack does not include accessible major-auction-house lot descriptions, a catalogue raisonné, or enough detailed results to support a price trend or prediction. Attribution, provenance, dimensions, date, condition, inscriptions, and comparable subject matter may matter in a full appraisal, but this source pack does not provide sufficient artist-specific evidence to quantify their effects.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Carl Roesch, the present identity evidence is stronger than the collected market detail, so market conclusions should remain provisional.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040254
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Roesch_(Maler)
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500076652
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27875159/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2007002283
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/119157349
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000072576878
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/143454811
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/67646
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-roesch/