# Edmond Hédouin artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1820-07-16
- Death date: 1889-01-12
- Nationality: French
- Common media: oil painting, lithography, etching, gouache

## About Edmond Hédouin

Edmond Hédouin (full name Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hédouin, 1820–1889) was a French painter, lithographer, etcher, and reproductive printmaker active in Paris from the early 1840s through the late 1880s. Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer and trained in the Parisian academic tradition, Hédouin built a versatile practice spanning original paintings, gouaches, and reproductive prints. His subjects included landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, and his travels took him to Algeria and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, which supplied material for landscape compositions. Hédouin also produced reproductive prints after the works of other artists, a respected professional specialization in nineteenth-century France. His work appears regularly at auction, reflecting a substantial output across media over a career of more than four decades.

## Common works and media

Common works by Edmond Hédouin encountered in auction and appraisal contexts include etchings and lithographs (both original compositions and reproductive prints after other artists), oil paintings of landscapes and genre scenes, gouaches, and drawings. Landscape subjects — particularly scenes of Algeria and the French Pyrénées — still lifes, and figurative genre pictures are recurring themes. His reproductive printmaking practice means that many impressions bearing his name are interpretations of compositions by other artists, and this distinction should be confirmed when evaluating individual works.

## Market and appraisal context

Hédouin's work appears most frequently at auction as prints — etchings, lithographs, and reproductive engravings — rather than as unique paintings. Collectors should distinguish between original compositions and reproductive prints, which generally trade at lower levels. Subjects drawn from his Algeria and Pyrénées-Atlantiques travels may attract additional interest. Condition of paper and plate impressions, provenance, and whether a print is a signed artist's proof or a standard impression all affect value. Consulting recent comparable auction results is recommended for any appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist identity research from museum, library authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Edmond Hédouin, identity data is grounded in the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/36825
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285652
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500011093
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/66324914/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91024076