# Hans Figura artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:46:35.148Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Austrian
- Common media: Etching, Painting, Works on paper and prints

## About Hans Figura

Hans Figura (1898–1978) was an Austrian graphic artist, etcher, painter, and landscape painter. International authority records maintained through Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, RKD, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Art help distinguish him from similarly named people. The collected record emphasizes landscapes and works on paper, including documented views of Paris architecture, Notre-Dame, bookstalls, and the Seine riverfront. Collectors are therefore especially likely to encounter Figura through etchings and other prints, although paintings also form part of his recorded practice. Publicly documented images associated with the Library of Congress preserve examples of his Paris subjects and provide useful reference points for identifying titles, inscriptions, and compositions. No named art movement is supported by the collected institutional sources, so Figura is best described through his Austrian identity, occupations, media, and subjects rather than assigned to a speculative school.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Hans Figura through etchings, other works on paper, and landscape paintings. Documented print subjects include Paris cityscapes and architectural views, particularly compositions featuring Notre-Dame, riverside perspectives, and bookstalls. For prints, identification should record the technique, sheet and image dimensions, paper, margins, signature or inscriptions, edition information when present, and condition. The collected sources do not establish that the Paris views constitute a formally named series, so related titles should be treated as documented subjects rather than assumed membership in a catalogue-defined series.

## Market and appraisal context

Hans Figura's public auction record is most useful when comparable objects are matched closely. A print should be compared with prints of similar subject, dimensions, date, technique, edition status, and condition; paintings require comparisons within their own medium. Signatures, inscriptions, paper quality, margins, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can also affect appraisal conclusions. Appraisily's market index identifies works on paper and prints, along with fine art and paintings, as relevant auction categories. Realized prices are historical evidence rather than price guarantees, and the strongest appraisal basis combines several recent, genuinely comparable lots while accounting for incomplete feeds, private transactions, attribution changes, and differences in condition.

## 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. Public results are a starting point and should be interpreted alongside attribution, edition, provenance, and condition evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22811455
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/55031230/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500427041
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/217695
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG27202
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.40045.html
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Figura
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/hans-figura/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris,_Notre_Dame_II,_Quai_de_la_Tournelle_-_Library_of_Congress.tif
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_I,_bookstalls_LCCN2003681713.jpg