# Heinrich Bürkel artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1802-05-29
- Death date: 1869-06-10
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Biedermeier
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, drawing

## About Heinrich Bürkel

Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869), born Johann Heinrich Bürkel in Pirmasens, Germany, was a painter, watercolorist, and draftsperson associated with the Biedermeier period. Active primarily in Munich, he built a reputation for genre scenes and landscape compositions that captured rural and everyday life with narrative detail. Bürkel worked across oil, watercolor, and drawing media, and his output was substantial—the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History records over 600 works attributed to him. Collectors encounter his paintings in the context of 19th-century German and Central European art, where his depictions of peasant life, tavern interiors, and pastoral landscapes reflect the Biedermeier era's focus on domestic subject matter and naturalistic representation.

## Common works and media

Bürkel's most frequently encountered works include oil paintings and watercolors of genre scenes—particularly peasant and rural life subjects—as well as landscape views. Drawings and studies in graphite or ink also appear in collections. His compositions often feature tavern interiors, travelers on country roads, and pastoral settings rendered with the anecdotal detail characteristic of Biedermeier narrative painting. Works range from small cabinet-format panels to larger canvases.

## Market and appraisal context

Heinrich Bürkel's works appear at auction primarily within 19th-century European painting and Old Master drawings categories. Key factors affecting appraisal include the medium (oil paintings generally command more than works on paper), subject matter complexity, condition, and documented provenance. Attribution should account for name variants including "Heinrich Buerkel" and "Johann Heinrich Bürkel" found in historical records. As with many Biedermeier-era artists, collector interest is often tied to the narrative quality and period authenticity of genre scenes. Comparable public auction records, sale dates, and lot descriptions should be consulted for current market context.

## Appraisily data basis

This artist page is based on identity records from the Getty ULAN, VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and Wikidata. Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/13859
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/3261865/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027409
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315533
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%BCrkel
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84095620