# Filippo de Pisis artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/filippo-de-pisis/ Profile generated: 2026-05-03T02:51:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1896-05-11 - Death date: 1956-04-02 - Nationality: Italian - Common media: oil painting, works on paper / drawing, lithography, engraving, sculpture ## About Filippo de Pisis Filippo de Pisis (born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli de Pisis, 1896–1956) was an Italian painter, poet, and draftsman whose work spans painting, sculpture, printmaking, and art criticism. Born in Ferrara, he was active from 1916 until his death in Milan. De Pisis worked across a remarkably broad range of media—including oil painting, drawing, lithography, and engraving—and also published poetry and critical writing under his own name and the pseudonym Maurice Barthelou. His work is held in major public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With over nine hundred documented auction appearances, de Pisis remains a recurrent figure in the European modern art market. His paintings and works on paper are sought by collectors of twentieth-century Italian art. ## Common works and media De Pisis produced oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings on paper, along with lithographs and engravings in edition. Still lifes, city views, marine scenes, and figure studies are among the subjects collectors encounter most often. Sculptural works are less common at auction. Prints and works on paper make up a significant portion of his documented market presence. ## Market and appraisal context Filippo de Pisis maintains a deep and liquid auction market spanning over two decades, with 539 recorded lots and 354 priced results dating from April 2003 through December 2025. The price distribution shows meaningful dispersion: realized prices range from €15 at the low end to €151,400 at the high end, with a median of €9,000 and an interquartile range of €2,042–€20,800. The top end of the market is anchored by major international houses—Christie's and Sotheby's—while Italian specialist firms (Finarte, Cambi Casa d'Aste, Il Ponte, Pananti, Aste Bolaffi) handle the bulk of mid-market turnover. European houses such as Dorotheum and Bertolami Fine Art also appear regularly. Recent 12-month activity registered 36 lots versus 46 in the prior 12-month window, indicating a modest contraction in volume but continued steady liquidity. Subject matter in recent sales is dominated by still lifes (oysters, flowers, game), Paris and Italian city views, reclining figures and nudes, and marine subjects—consistent with de Pisis's established oeuvre. Oil paintings from the 1930s–1950s form the price ceiling, while works on paper, drawings, and prints trade at the lower end of the range. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Filippo de Pisis maintains a deep and liquid auction market spanning over two decades, with 539 recorded lots and 354 priced results dating from April 2003 through December 2025. The price distribution shows meaningful dispersion: realized prices range from €15 at the low end to €151,400 at the high end, with a median of €9,000 and an interquartile range of €2,042–€20,800. The top end of the market is anchored by major international houses—Christie's and Sotheby's—while Italian specialist firms (Finarte, Cambi Casa d'Aste, Il Ponte, Pananti, Aste Bolaffi) handle the bulk of mid-market turnover. European houses such as Dorotheum and Bertolami Fine Art also appear regularly. Recent 12-month activity registered 36 lots versus 46 in the prior 12-month window, indicating a modest contraction in volume but continued steady liquidity. Subject matter in recent sales is dominated by still lifes (oysters, flowers, game), Paris and Italian city views, reclining figures and nudes, and marine subjects—consistent with de Pisis's established oeuvre. Oil paintings from the 1930s–1950s form the price ceiling, while works on paper, drawings, and prints trade at the lower end of the range. ### Appraisal notes Appraisily would use these 539 auction records as a comparable-sale foundation, filtering by medium, dimensions, date of execution, subject, and condition to identify the most relevant lots. For an appraisal, the following are essential alongside the auction data: high-resolution photographs showing signature and surface condition; measured dimensions; confirmation of medium (oil on canvas versus oil on panel versus work on paper); provenance history, including gallery labels, exhibition history, and any catalogue raisonné references such as Briganti's catalogue generale; condition reports addressing craquelure, retouching, or restoration; and edition details for prints. The wide price spread (€15–€151,400) means that without accurate attribution of medium, period, and subject, broad price-band estimates alone are not reliable. Works with published literature citations or distinguished provenance—such as the Galleria Milano or Galleria Rotta provenance noted in recent lots—can command significant premiums over undocumented comparables. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes - For buyers: the €2,000–€10,000 band offers the widest selection of authenticated oil paintings at Italian regional auction houses such as Finarte, Cambi, and Il Ponte. Works on paper and prints can be acquired below €2,000, providing an accessible entry point. Prioritize lots with published provenance or catalogue raisonné citations, as these are more likely to hold value. Verify condition carefully—de Pisis's impasto technique can make surfaces vulnerable. For sellers: flower paintings, Paris-period works, and well-documented still lifes should be directed toward major international or top-tier Italian houses to maximize exposure. Undocumented or late works may perform better in Italian regional sales where buyer familiarity with the artist is high. ### Market caveats - Auction prices are denominated in both EUR and USD across the record set; all distribution statistics (median, quartiles) reflect mixed-currency lots without normalization, which introduces rounding variance. - Category labels (e.g., 'Post-War and Contemporary Art') are inferred from the artist's period, medium, and house specialization rather than sourced from individual lot cataloguing. - The Invaluable listing URL in the source pack provides a single comparable lot; broader auction-house catalogue URLs were not collected and would strengthen the evidence base. - De Pisis's prolific output and stylistic range mean attribution risk is non-trivial. Buyers should seek expert authentication, especially for unsigned works or those without provenance documentation. - The recent 12-month lot count (36) represents a decline from the prior period (46); a single year's volume change does not necessarily indicate a trend. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/filippo-de-pisis/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-filippo-de-pisis-1896-1956-vintage-italian-modernist-street-scene-framed-surreal-oil-painting-112-c-bc4e16ed5c ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from museum records, library authority files, and scholarly databases with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Filippo de Pisis, identity data draws on the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and the Museum of Modern Art collection records. ## Sources - RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/63691 - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084313 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q661473 - VIAF / OCLC: https://viaf.org/viaf/68940882/ - VIAF / OCLC: https://viaf.org/viaf/309808809/ - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/1441 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_De_Pisis