# Ernst Huber artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ernst-huber/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T15:03:51.087Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1895-07-25
- Death date: 1960-09-26
- Nationality: Austrian
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art and works on paper, Illustration, Engraving and printmaking

## About Ernst Huber

Ernst Huber (1895–1960) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist associated with Vienna. Authority records identify him as a painter, illustrator, and collector, while biographical summaries also describe his activity as an engraver and landscape painter. He is linked in published biographical material to the Zinkenbach painters' colony, and a work by him was entered in the painting competition connected with the 1928 Summer Olympics. Descriptions of his practice point to landscapes, mythological subjects, and genre scenes, alongside drawings and illustrative work. Collectors may therefore encounter Huber through easel paintings as well as works on paper, prints, or book-related imagery. His identity is documented across Wikidata, VIAF, IdRef, Getty ULAN, and the British Museum, helping distinguish him from other people with the same name. Because the collected sources disagree about his exact birth date, attribution should rely on the work's signature, date, medium, subject, and provenance rather than name alone.

## Common works and media

Works attributed to Ernst Huber most plausibly include paintings, particularly landscapes, together with graphic works, drawings, prints, engravings, and illustrations. Published summaries also associate him with mythological subjects and genre scenes. Auction listings in broader categories should be checked carefully against signatures, dates, provenance, medium, and biographical fit before being treated as characteristic examples of his work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public index contains numerous name-matched auction records for Ernst Huber, but the collected totals vary and the index also includes the spelling Ernest Huber. Comparable sales should therefore be screened for artist identity before they are used in an appraisal. The strongest comparisons will match the work's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and restoration history. Signature details, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can further affect relevance. Paintings and works on paper align most clearly with the documented practice. Records categorized as sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, or editions require additional verification. Public results are useful evidence, but they do not capture every private sale or subsequent attribution change and should not be treated as automatic price predictions.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Each appraisal still requires work-specific review of identity, attribution, condition, and provenance.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1358757
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/45155347/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/13352910X
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500068897
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG32223
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Huber_(Maler%2C_15._Juli_1895)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Huber
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Huber_(painter)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ernst-huber/