# Ferdinand Staeger artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ferdinand-staeger/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:35:17Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Illustration, Designs for tapestries, Designs for lace

## Portrait

![Ferdinand Staeger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Plaque_of_Ferdinand_Staeger_in_T%C5%99eb%C3%AD%C4%8D.jpg)
Lubomir.ludvik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaque_of_Ferdinand_Staeger_in_T%C5%99eb%C3%AD%C4%8D.jpg

## About Ferdinand Staeger

Ferdinand Staeger (1880–1976) was a German painter and graphic artist whose identity is represented in international museum and library authority systems. In addition to painting and graphic work, published biographical references describe him as an illustrator and as a designer of patterns for tapestries and lace. This breadth is important when identifying his work: objects connected with Staeger may belong to fine-art, works-on-paper, illustration, or decorative-design contexts rather than to a single uniform category. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, graphic compositions, illustrated material, or designs associated with textiles. The available institutional records establish his identity and professional roles, but the collected evidence does not securely assign him to a named movement or document recurring subjects and formal series. Those details should be evaluated from the cataloguing and physical characteristics of each individual work rather than inferred from his name alone.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Staeger may include paintings, graphic art, illustrations, and designs prepared for tapestries or lace. The source pack does not establish which of these forms appears most frequently at auction, nor does it document specific print techniques, editions, recurring subjects, or named series. Object-level examination and cataloguing remain necessary.

## Market and appraisal context

Staeger’s varied practice makes accurate classification central to appraisal. A painting, graphic work, illustration, or textile-related design should be compared with records for the same kind of object and technique. Attribution, inscriptions, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, and the quality of available documentation may all affect how closely a work can be matched with public auction comparables. Relevant sale dates, realized prices, and auction-house descriptions can provide context when lot-level records are available, but they should not be treated as interchangeable across different media. The present source pack does not provide enough lot detail to support a price trend, scarcity claim, or value prediction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Conclusions remain limited to the evidence documented for each artist and object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230425
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500108631
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/112034330
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/74546
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG47109
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Staeger
- Wikipedia: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Staeger
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ferdinand-staeger/