# Hans Schärer artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/hans-scharer/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:42:21.764Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swiss
- Movements: Associated with Art Brut
- Common media: Painting, Drawing and works on paper, Graphic art, Watercolor

## About Hans Schärer

Hans Schärer (1927–1997) was a Swiss artist born in Bern whose practice included painting, drawing, graphic work, and watercolor. He is frequently described as standing close to Art Brut, although the collected sources do not include a museum or estate statement confirming that classification. Schärer also pursued literary and musical activity. His bibliographic record points to sustained bodies of work on paper, including the Dame group dated 1970–1980 and pages from Stundenbuch spanning 1966–1980. Exhibition and catalogue records foreground Madonna imagery and erotic watercolors, subjects that help distinguish his work in collection and auction contexts. Collectors may therefore encounter Schärer through several media rather than one standardized format. Wikidata, VIAF, and IdRef consistently identify him as Hans Schärer, born in 1927 and deceased in 1997, providing a sound identity basis despite the limited institutional biography contained in this source pack.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in collection and appraisal contexts may include paintings, drawings, graphic works, and watercolors. Published records particularly identify Madonna imagery, erotic watercolors, Dame works on paper from 1970–1980, and pages associated with Stundenbuch from 1966–1980. A prospective attribution should distinguish an original work from any facsimile or other reproductive format described in related bibliographic records.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Hans Schärer should begin by identifying its medium, technique, subject, and date, then comparing it with public auction records for closely related material. Catalogue references distinguish paintings, drawings, graphic works, watercolors, Madonna imagery, erotic subjects, and dated groups of works on paper. Those distinctions provide more useful comparison criteria than the artist’s name alone. The collected sources do not supply sale-level prices, condition reports, provenance, signature analysis, edition information, or measurements, so these details must be established from the individual object and its documentation. No price prediction or market trend can be supported from this source pack alone.

## 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. This profile’s biographical basis comes primarily from public authority and bibliographic records; sale-level evidence was not available in the collected source pack.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55235911
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/47563961/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/185840760
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sch%C3%A4rer
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82025503
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/hans-scharer/