# Dan van Severen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/dan-van-severen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:08:13.667Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1927-02-08
- Death date: 2009-02-15
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Abstract art, Geometric abstraction, Minimalist constructivism
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Dan van Severen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Maarten_dan_fabian_%28Dan_Van_Severen%29.jpg)
Michiel Hendryckx · CC BY 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maarten_dan_fabian_(Dan_Van_Severen).jpg

## About Dan van Severen

Dan van Severen (1927–2009) was a Belgian painter born in Lokeren and associated with abstract art. Authority records establish his identity, nationality and life years, while public biographical summaries describe him as a figure in Belgian geometric abstraction and minimalist constructivism. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in connection with paintings organized through a restrained geometric vocabulary rather than representational subject matter. The available source material is stronger on identity than on a detailed chronology of exhibitions or individual bodies of work, so those areas should not be overstated. His presence in Appraisily's auction records makes careful entity matching especially important: spelling, life dates and Belgian context help separate relevant records from similarly named artists. This page treats the abstract and geometric associations as useful context, not as a substitute for object-level attribution.

## Common works and media

The source pack most clearly supports paintings associated with abstract art, geometric abstraction and a minimalist constructivist context. It does not establish a reliable catalogue of particular series, recurring titles, subjects, print editions, sculptures, drawings or other media. Objects offered under van Severen's name should therefore be classified from their own materials, inscriptions, dimensions and documentation rather than assigned to an unsupported body of work.

## Market and appraisal context

Public records identify van Severen principally as an abstract painter, making paintings and their relationship to his geometric vocabulary the clearest starting points for appraisal research. A defensible assessment should compare the object with appropriately dated public auction records and sufficiently similar lots rather than infer value from the artist's name alone. The collected sources do not provide lot-level evidence about dimensions, materials, condition, provenance, editions or realized prices, so this profile cannot support a price prediction or market trend. Those object-specific details, together with attribution evidence and sale context, should be established before selecting comparables or drawing a valuation conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots. Coverage varies, and identity or contextual sources do not replace object-level authentication, condition review or appraisal analysis.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159187
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013984
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/161842496
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/94942
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14972293k
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Van_Severen
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Van_Severen
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Van_Severen
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/dan-van-severen/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maarten_dan_fabian_(Dan_Van_Severen).jpg