# Guillaume Vogels artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1836-06-09
- Death date: 1896-01-09
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Impressionism
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, gouache, drawing

## About Guillaume Vogels

Guillaume Vogels (1836–1896) was a Belgian painter associated with the Impressionist movement in Belgium. Born in Brussels and active throughout the latter half of the 19th century, Vogels worked in oil, watercolor, gouache, and drawing media. His output includes atmospheric landscapes, coastal and marine views, and urban scenes, reflecting the tonal and light-focused concerns of European Impressionism. He is recorded under the variant name Willem Vogels in several institutional databases. Vogels spent his later years in Elsene (Ixelles), where he died in 1896. His work is documented in the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History with over two hundred catalogue entries, and his identity is established across multiple library authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names and VIAF.

## Common works and media

Vogels is known for landscape paintings, coastal and beach scenes, atmospheric twilight compositions, and urban market views such as his documented work depicting the herb market in Ostend. His output spans oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, gouaches, and drawings. Works titled in catalogues include scenes of evening light, seashore settings, and everyday urban life, consistent with Impressionist subject matter.

## Market and appraisal context

Guillaume Vogels' works appear at auction primarily within 19th-century European painting and Belgian art categories. Collectors encountering Vogels pieces should note the range of media he employed — oil on canvas or panel, watercolor, gouache, and works on paper — as medium and support materially affect valuation. Provenance documentation and condition assessment are important for his 19th-century works. Comparable auction results for Belgian Impressionist landscapes and coastal scenes provide the most relevant pricing context. Attribution should be verified against documented exhibition and catalogue records held by institutions such as the RKD.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from museum and library authority sources with publicly available auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data. For Guillaume Vogels, biographical data is grounded in the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and Wikidata. When auction records are available, those results are incorporated to provide market context.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/81610
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553930
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Vogels
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002534
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/50036860/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90009051