# Franz Iffland artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/franz-iffland/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:02:42.903Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Movements: Art Nouveau, Art Deco
- Common media: Sculpture, Painting, Bronze

## About Franz Iffland

Franz Iffland (1862–1935) was a German sculptor and painter active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Authority records consistently identify both occupations, while the available biographical account places his birth and death in Berlin. That account associates much of his sculpture with Art Nouveau and describes a later shift toward Art Deco beginning in the mid-1920s. A documented Wikimedia Commons image of an Art Deco bronze dancer confirms at least one work in that later sculptural context. Collectors may therefore encounter Iffland’s name in connection with sculpture, including bronze objects, as well as paintings. The present source set does not provide a complete catalogue of works, subjects, foundries, editions, or exhibitions, so individual objects should be assessed from their own inscriptions, materials, construction, documentation, and comparison with securely identified examples rather than from stylistic resemblance alone.

## Common works and media

Available authority records identify sculpture and painting as Iffland’s principal work types. The collected material also documents an Art Deco bronze sculpture of a nude dancer. This establishes bronze figural sculpture as one evidenced example, but the source pack is not sufficient to describe dancers, nude figures, or any other subject as a dominant theme across his production.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal purposes, first distinguish sculpture from painting and identify the object’s material and date. Stylistic context may also be relevant because the available biography associates Iffland’s sculpture with Art Nouveau and reports a later Art Deco phase beginning in the mid-1920s. The collected metadata documents one Art Deco bronze dancer, but that single example does not establish the breadth or frequency of his market. Reliable comparison requires like-for-like public auction records, including dimensions, medium, sale date, attribution, condition, and realized price. Because those lot-level details are absent from this source pack, it supports artist identification and broad classification but not a price estimate or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile’s biographical foundation is stronger than its present lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1447406
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/5605151433046756420001/
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1149262699
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/435345
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Iffland
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Iffland
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Iffland-Art_Deco_Dancing_Girl.JPG