# Gustaaf Hein Andréa artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1942-06-25
- Nationality: Dutch
- Movements: New Subjectivity (Nouvelle Subjectivité)
- Common media: painting, sculpture, watercolor, etching, drawing (pen), graphic design, wall painting

## About Gustaaf Hein Andréa

Pat Andrea, born Gustaaf Hein Andrea in The Hague on 25 June 1942, is a Dutch contemporary painter and sculptor. The son of artist Kees Andrea and draftswoman Metty Naezer, he grew up in a creative household firmly rooted in The Hague's art tradition. Andrea is widely recognized as a leading figure of the New Subjectivity (Nouvelle Subjectivité), a movement that reasserted figurative painting and personal narrative during a period dominated by conceptual and minimalist art. Working across oil painting, sculpture, watercolor, etching, and drawing, Andrea has built a substantial oeuvre documented in over 560 works at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD). His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is catalogued by major authority files including Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress.

## Common works and media

Collectors most frequently encounter Pat Andrea's figurative oil paintings on canvas and panel, which form the core of his auction presence. His output also includes bronze and mixed-media sculptures, watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings, etchings, and graphic-design works. Wall paintings and large-scale mural commissions are documented but less common on the secondary market. Prints and works on paper appear regularly at auction and may offer a more accessible entry point for collectors.

## Market and appraisal context

Pat Andrea's work appears regularly at auction, with nearly 190 lots recorded in Appraisily's database. Collectors encounter his paintings, sculptures, prints, and works on paper across Post-War and Contemporary sale categories. Because Andrea works in a wide range of media — from large-scale oil paintings to etchings and graphic works — medium, scale, date, and condition are key factors in appraisal. His connection to the New Subjectivity movement and his museum representation at MoMA add institutional context that can influence how works are received at auction. Provenance, exhibition history, and confirmation of authenticity are important considerations, especially given the large body of documented works.

## Appraisily data basis

This artist page is built from authority-file identity research (Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, Library of Congress, Wikidata), biographical sources, and Appraisily's auction-record database. When available, comparable sale results, auction-house cataloguing, provenance notes, and realized prices are incorporated to support appraisal context.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/1721
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2806407
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Andrea
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500080544
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/46846242/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85249264
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/175