# Edward Antoon Portielje artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1861-02-08
- Death date: 1949-12-18
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Belgian genre painting, late 19th–early 20th century
- Common media: oil on canvas, pastel, watercolor

## About Edward Antoon Portielje

Edward Antoon Portielje (1861–1949) was a Belgian genre painter, pastelist, and watercolorist who spent his life in Antwerp. Born into a prominent artistic family, he was the son of the well-known painter Jan Portielje and the brother of Gerard Portielje, himself a successful artist. Edward Portielje is recorded as working across oil, pastel, and watercolor, producing genre scenes that depict everyday life with a refined, narrative quality characteristic of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Belgian painting. With 270 documented auction appearances, his work circulates regularly in the European and international secondary market, making him a name collectors encounter at auction houses and in estate collections.

## Common works and media

Edward Antoon Portielje is most commonly encountered in oil on canvas genre scenes depicting domestic interiors, figures in repose, and everyday Antwerp life. He also produced pastels and watercolors in similar subject areas. Works are typically signed 'Edward Portielje.' Collectors may find his paintings categorized under 19th Century European Paintings or Belgian Art at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

Portielje's paintings appear consistently at auction, with over 270 recorded lots. Value depends on medium (oil paintings generally command stronger prices than works on paper), size, subject complexity, condition, and the presence of a legible signature. His family relationship to Jan and Gerard Portielje can affect both attribution confidence and collector interest. As with many late nineteenth-century Belgian genre painters, provenance documentation and comparison with RKD-held records are important for reliable appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from authority files and museum databases with public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Edward Antoon Portielje, identity data is grounded in the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/64374
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2469862
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500045207
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/95978610/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Portielje