# Eugène Laermans artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/eugene-laermans/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:56:45.400Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## Portrait

![Eugène Laermans](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Portrait_of_Eug%C3%A8ne_Laermans.jpg)
https://collectie.letterenhuis.be/doc/tg:lhph:34365 · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Eug%C3%A8ne_Laermans.jpg

## About Eugène Laermans

Eugène Laermans (1864–1940) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. International authority records consistently connect his name, dates, nationality, and professional roles, while VIAF also documents cataloguing forms in which his given names appear in different orders. Getty ULAN, IdRef, Wikidata, and linked library records provide stable identifiers that help distinguish him in collection and auction data. The collected source pack is stronger on identity than art-historical interpretation: it does not supply institution-grade evidence here for a specific movement, named series, or detailed subject taxonomy. This profile therefore avoids assigning those labels. Collectors may encounter Laermans through paintings and prints, the two work types directly supported by the authority evidence, as well as through auction records indexed under his name. Matching those records to established authority identifiers is especially useful when reconciling signatures, historical references, and variant catalogue entries.

## Common works and media

The securely documented work types are paintings and prints. The collected sources do not provide enough institution-grade detail to define recurring subjects, named series, print editions, supports, or techniques more narrowly, so objects should be classified from their own physical and documentary evidence before comparison.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, begin by separating paintings from prints, the two work types directly supported by VIAF's authority description. Compare an object only with public sales assigned to the same artist identity and, where records permit, the same medium and technique. Authority-name variants matter when reconciling catalogues because Laermans appears with reordered given names across library records; identity matching should therefore precede market comparison. Appraisily can then incorporate available auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. This source pack does not establish a price trend, preferred subject, edition pattern, or market hierarchy, so no directional value claim is warranted from this research alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Coverage varies by artist and record availability.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/102145857816523020272/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598897
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/050290703
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006075
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/eugene-laermans/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Eug%C3%A8ne_Laermans.jpg