# Edvard Frank artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/edvard-frank/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:36:26.069Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art

## Portrait

![Edvard Frank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Eduard_Frank_in_seinem_Atelier.jpg/1280px-Eduard_Frank_in_seinem_Atelier.jpg)
R.e.bonin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eduard_Frank_in_seinem_Atelier.jpg

## About Edvard Frank

Edvard Frank (1909–1972) was a German painter and graphic artist. International authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and the Getty Union List of Artist Names consistently identify him under this name and confirm his professional connection with painting and graphic art. A German biographical source places Frank within the “Verschollene Generation,” a term used for German artists whose careers and later recognition were disrupted or obscured during the twentieth century. The collected evidence does not establish a specific movement, signature subject, or documented series, so broader stylistic classifications should be treated cautiously. Collectors may encounter Frank through paintings and graphic works offered under his established authority-file identity. Because the public biographical record in this source pack is limited, identification should rely on the object itself, its signature or inscriptions, provenance, and comparison with securely attributed examples rather than on name similarity alone.

## Common works and media

The available authority evidence supports paintings and graphic works as the principal work types associated with Edvard Frank. The source pack does not reliably identify recurring subjects, particular print processes, edition practices, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or named series. Objects outside painting or graphic art therefore require additional attribution research before being presented as characteristic examples of his work.

## Market and appraisal context

Edvard Frank’s authority records identify both painting and graphic art as relevant categories, but the collected sources do not provide enough detailed auction evidence to characterize price levels or market trends. An appraisal should first confirm that the work belongs to the German artist born in 1909, since name variants or incomplete cataloguing can complicate identification. The object’s medium, dimensions, date, condition, signature, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution should be documented. When public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons are works of a similar type, scale, period, subject, and condition, with sale date and auction-house context considered alongside the realized price.

## 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 Edvard Frank, the current identity evidence is stronger than the collected biographical and market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291336
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/67329419/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500063147
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Frank
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eduard_Frank_in_seinem_Atelier.jpg