# Georges Schreiber artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-11T01:53:11.328Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1904-04-25
- Death date: 1977-01-01
- Nationality: Belgian, American
- Common media: Oil painting, Watercolor, Lithography, Drawing

## About Georges Schreiber

Georges Schreiber (1904–1977) was a Belgian-born American painter, lithographer, watercolorist, and illustrator. Born in Brussels on April 25, 1904, he relocated to the United States and was active in New York City by 1928. Schreiber is recognized for genre and figure painting that captures American rural and urban life with a realist sensibility. Beyond gallery exhibitions, he was a prolific book and magazine illustrator, extending his practice to a broad popular audience. He taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, contributing to the education of mid-century artists. His work encompasses oil painting, watercolor, and lithography, and includes notable portraits and self-portraits. Schreiber's identity and oeuvre are well documented in major library authority records, including the Library of Congress, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Common works and media

Schreiber commonly produced lithographs, oil paintings, watercolors, and book and magazine illustrations. His subjects center on American genre scenes, including rural landscapes and everyday figures, as well as figurative compositions, portraits, and self-portraits. Collectors may encounter signed lithographic editions, original watercolors on paper, and illustrated publications.

## Market and appraisal context

Georges Schreiber maintains an active and well-documented secondary market with 257 auction lots recorded, of which 169 carry realized prices. His work has appeared consistently at auction since at least May 2002, with 24 lots offered in the most recent 12-month window (compared to 21 in the prior period), indicating stable or modestly growing liquidity. The recorded auction houses range from major specialists such as Swann Auction Galleries and Heritage Auctions to regional firms including Rachel Davis Fine Arts, RoGallery, Weschler's, Eldred's, and Grant Zahajko Auctions. The price distribution is wide: the interquartile range spans $80 to $425, with a median of $190, while the recorded maximum reaches $21,250. This dispersion reflects a market where the majority of traded material consists of lithographs and works on paper selling in the low hundreds, with oil paintings and exceptional compositions commanding significantly higher prices. Recent comparable results include a lithograph titled "Rain" (1942) selling for $762 at Swann Auction Galleries (January 2026), "The Circus" at $900 through Toomey & Co. (October 2025), and a group of ten circus-themed lithographs fetching $125 at Grant Zahajko (November 2025). More routine single lithographs typically realize between $50 and $425 depending on subject, size, and edition details.

## Auction-house-backed market evidence

Georges Schreiber maintains an active and well-documented secondary market with 257 auction lots recorded, of which 169 carry realized prices. His work has appeared consistently at auction since at least May 2002, with 24 lots offered in the most recent 12-month window (compared to 21 in the prior period), indicating stable or modestly growing liquidity. The recorded auction houses range from major specialists such as Swann Auction Galleries and Heritage Auctions to regional firms including Rachel Davis Fine Arts, RoGallery, Weschler's, Eldred's, and Grant Zahajko Auctions. The price distribution is wide: the interquartile range spans $80 to $425, with a median of $190, while the recorded maximum reaches $21,250. This dispersion reflects a market where the majority of traded material consists of lithographs and works on paper selling in the low hundreds, with oil paintings and exceptional compositions commanding significantly higher prices. Recent comparable results include a lithograph titled "Rain" (1942) selling for $762 at Swann Auction Galleries (January 2026), "The Circus" at $900 through Toomey & Co. (October 2025), and a group of ten circus-themed lithographs fetching $125 at Grant Zahajko (November 2025). More routine single lithographs typically realize between $50 and $425 depending on subject, size, and edition details.

### Appraisal notes

When appraising a Georges Schreiber work, Appraisily would cross-reference the submitted piece against the 257 documented auction lots to identify comparable sales by medium, subject, size, and date. For lithographs, edition number, signature presence, and impression count are critical differentiators—recent results show identically described lithographs trading between $60 and $425 at the same auction house within months, suggesting condition and edition details drive meaningful price variation. For oil paintings, the $21,250 ceiling and higher quartile prices indicate a materially different value tier that warrants closer comparison to museum-quality or published compositions. Appraisily's process would combine photo review, dimensions, medium identification, signature verification, condition assessment, provenance documentation, and edition details with the comparable lot database to produce a supported estimate. The absence of a catalogue raisonné means attribution confirmation relies more heavily on provenance chains and expert review.

### Valuation factors

- Medium: lithographs and etchings dominate recent results and typically trade in the $50–$425 range; oil paintings and significant watercolors can reach into the thousands or higher
- Subject matter: circus-themed compositions, Southern genre scenes (e.g., "Cotton Pickers," "Evening in South Carolina"), and figurative works tend to attract stronger bidding than generic landscapes
- Edition details for prints: numbered and signed impressions carry a premium; group lots of multiple prints sell at per-piece discounts
- Size and scale: larger framed works (e.g., 24" × 16" color lithographs) trade above smaller formats
- Condition: works on paper are especially sensitive to foxing, toning, and mat staining—condition issues can materially reduce value
- Provenance and exhibition history: documented gallery or museum provenance strengthens attribution confidence given the absence of a catalogue raisonné
- Period: wartime and WPA-era works (e.g., "Keep Him Flying!" poster, "Rain" 1942) may carry historical premium
- Signature and inscriptions: hand-signed works command higher prices than unsigned impressions

### Collector notes



### Market caveats

- The $21,250 maximum price reflects a single outlier; the vast majority of trades occur below $500, and collectors should not assume routine lots approach the ceiling.
- 169 of 257 recorded lots carry realized prices, meaning 88 lots (34%) had no price reported—these may include buy-ins, withdrawn lots, or post-sale private transactions, which can skew the observable distribution.
- No catalogue raisonné exists for Schreiber, making authentication dependent on provenance documentation, expert opinion, and stylistic comparison to documented works.
- Exact death date (day and month) is not recorded in available authority sources; only the year 1977 is confirmed, which can complicate estate-related provenance claims.
- Recent auction activity is heavily weighted toward lithographs and prints; the market for oil paintings is thinner and price discovery is less reliable with fewer comparable sales.
- Some recent lots listed the same title (e.g., "Southern Siesta") appearing at the same auction house across multiple sessions with mixed results, suggesting variable condition or buyer interest that may not be captured in headline prices.

### Market evidence sources

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## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This page draws on Library of Congress, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and RKD authority records for biographical facts.

## Sources

- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50002875
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/71162
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21666051
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500025873
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30302951/