# Erich Wegner artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/erich-wegner/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:41:25.176Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Movements: New Objectivity
- Common media: Painting

## About Erich Wegner

Erich Wegner (1899–1980) was a German painter associated with New Objectivity in Hannover. Public authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN align this name with the same twentieth-century artist, helping distinguish him from people with similar names. The collected biographical source describes Wegner as a notable Hannover representative of New Objectivity, but it does not provide enough detail to characterize individual subjects, techniques, or phases of his career. Collectors may encounter his name in auction listings for paintings, where careful identity matching is especially important. A work should not be connected to Wegner solely because of a signature or catalog attribution; available evidence should be checked against the established 1899–1980 identity and documented Hannover context. This profile therefore treats the artist’s identity and movement association as the firmest available facts while leaving unsupported details open.

## Common works and media

The collected identity sources establish Wegner as a painter, so paintings are the only securely supported work type for this profile. The source pack does not substantiate particular supports, techniques, subjects, print editions, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, or posters. Those classifications should be added only when documented work records or catalogues become available.

## Market and appraisal context

Market assessment for a work attributed to Erich Wegner should begin with identity and attribution: the object should correspond to the German painter born in 1899 and deceased in 1980. Relevant comparisons should match the work type and documented context and should be checked by sale date and realized result when those fields are available. The collected pack confirms an Appraisily auction-price page but does not expose lot-level descriptions, condition, provenance, dimensions, techniques, or price results. Accordingly, it does not support a reliable statement about price range, scarcity, demand trend, or the relative value of particular subjects. Those conclusions require examination of the object and suitable comparable sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile distinguishes confirmed identity facts from fields not established by the collected source pack.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353463
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/72189878/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500189040
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Wegner
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/erich-wegner/