# Charles Hoffbauer artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-hoffbauer/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:02:57.888Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1875-06-28
- Nationality: French, American
- Common media: Painting, Murals

## Portrait

![Charles Hoffbauer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Charles_Hoffbauer_1916.jpg)
Charles Hoffbauer · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Hoffbauer_1916.jpg

## About Charles Hoffbauer

Charles Constantin Joseph Hoffbauer (1875–1957) was a French-born painter who later became a United States citizen. Public authority records consistently identify him as Charles Hoffbauer or by his full name, while collected biographical sources describe a prolific practice encompassing historical imagery, murals, and urban views. He is especially associated in the available material with historically themed compositions, large-scale mural work, and impressionistic street scenes of New York. That range helps explain why collectors may encounter his name in several contexts, including independent paintings, city views, and works connected with historical decorative projects. The present source pack does not establish a formal movement classification through a museum or scholarly excerpt, so Hoffbauer is best described through documented subjects and working formats rather than assigned to a specific school. For entity matching, his French origins, later American citizenship, full name, and 1875–1957 life dates are the most dependable identifiers.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Hoffbauer through paintings, murals, historical compositions, and urban views. The collected biographies particularly associate him with historical imagery and impressionistic street scenes of New York. Because the source pack does not provide a detailed catalogue of works or lot-level media data, more specific categories such as drawings, prints, editions, or mural studies should be confirmed from the individual object and its documented history rather than assumed from the artist’s name.

## Market and appraisal context

Hoffbauer’s market should be assessed by comparing like with like. Large or mural-related compositions should not be compared directly with urban easel paintings solely because the artist name matches. Historical subject matter, New York views, medium, format, scale, date, and connection to a documented project help define the appropriate comparable set. Appraisily’s artist record indicates a substantial group of auction entries, but this source pack contains no lot-level descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, provenance, or condition reports. Any valuation therefore requires verified object details and closely comparable public sales. The number of associated records alone does not demonstrate a price level or market trend.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are publicly available. Identity and market evidence are kept distinct so that an artist match or record count is not presented as a valuation conclusion.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959361
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/24873713/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/18082791X
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500078805
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoffbauer
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoffbauer
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoffbauer
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-hoffbauer/