# Curt Querner artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/curt-querner/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:33:11.646Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1904-04-07
- Death date: 1976-03-10
- Nationality: German
- Movements: New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), Realism
- Common media: Watercolor, Painting

## About Curt Querner

Curt Querner (1904–1976) was a German painter whose work, according to the available biographical sources, remained grounded in realism. He is associated with Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity, although the collected institutional authority records establish his identity more clearly than they document that movement affiliation. Landscape watercolor is described as the center of his artistic output, making works on paper an especially relevant part of his profile. Born in Börnchen near Possendorf and later dying in Kreischa, Querner belonged to the twentieth-century German art context and retained a commitment to observed subjects rather than abstraction. Collectors encounter his name through paintings and watercolors offered in the secondary market, with Appraisily's artist page aggregating auction records under the public identity. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN help distinguish him from similarly named makers and connect variant catalogue records to the same artist.

## Common works and media

Landscape watercolors are the strongest-supported common work type and are described as central to Querner's output. Paintings and other works on paper may also appear under his name, but the collected sources do not establish recurring series or a substantial practice in editioned prints, sculpture, ceramics, or posters. Appraisal comparisons should therefore keep medium, subject, dimensions, date, condition, inscriptions, and provenance distinct.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Curt Querner should separate identity evidence from object-specific evidence. Medium and subject are especially relevant because the available biography identifies landscape watercolor as central to his output. Attribution, date, dimensions, condition, inscriptions, provenance, and the quality of photographs should be documented before comparing the object with public auction results. Comparable lots are most useful when they match the work type, subject, scale, period, and condition; realized prices remain historical observations, not forecasts. The collected source pack contains authority records and an Appraisily auction index, but no major-auction-house analysis, catalogue raisonné, or public authentication guide, so it does not support a price trend or authenticity conclusion on its own.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity sources establish who the artist was; object-specific evidence and relevant sales are assessed separately.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q896554
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/8182920/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027281
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Querner
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Querner
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Querner
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/curt-querner/