# Gerardo Rueda artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/gerardo-rueda/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:57:30.602Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Spanish
- Movements: Twentieth-century Spanish abstract art
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture

## About Gerardo Rueda

Gerardo Rueda (1926–1996) was a Spanish painter and sculptor associated with twentieth-century Spanish abstract art. Authority and encyclopedia records also identify him by the fuller name Gerardo Rueda Salaberry. A Spanish-language biographical source places him among the founders of the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español in Cuenca, together with Fernando Zóbel and Gustavo Torner, providing context for his appearance in histories of Spanish abstraction. Collectors may encounter Rueda across more than one object category: the available records identify both painting and sculpture, while documented public sculptures confirm a three-dimensional practice. The collected evidence does not establish a detailed chronology of styles, materials, or named series, so those details should be verified work by work. Appraisily’s artist page connects this identity research with auction records, helping distinguish the artist from similarly named people and organize comparable works under a stable public entity.

## Common works and media

The available sources support paintings and sculptures as the principal broad work types associated with Gerardo Rueda. Wikimedia records document outdoor or publicly installed sculptures, but the pack does not provide enough evidence to generalize about sculpture materials, painting techniques, recurring subjects, edition practices, or named series. Individual works should therefore be catalogued from their physical characteristics, inscriptions, documentation, and reliable object records.

## Market and appraisal context

The current source pack supports a market view organized first by work type: paintings and sculptures should not be treated as directly interchangeable comparables. Appraisal research should compare an object with public auction records in the same broad category and, when available, examine the sale date and realized price. The collected pack does not contain lot-level records, dimensions, materials, edition information, condition reports, provenance, or detailed attribution notes, so it cannot support a price forecast or broad market-trend claim. Those object-specific details should be established from the work and its documentation before comparable lots are selected. Appraisily can then place the object against relevant auction records rather than relying on the artist name alone.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435086
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500056272
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/51867350/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92017859
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13631024g
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Rueda
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Rueda
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Rueda
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerardo_Rueda_Palma_de_Mallorca.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esculturas_en_la_UPV._Oto%C3%B1o.JPG