# Heinz Kreutz artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:24:44.820Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1923-12-31
- Death date: 2016-12-18
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Informel
- Common media: Painting, Woodcut printmaking, Watercolor, Pastel, Pottery

## About Heinz Kreutz

Heinz Kreutz (1923–2016) was a German painter and printmaker born in Frankfurt am Main. He is identified with Informel, the postwar European approach that emphasized spontaneous gesture, material effects, and non-geometric abstraction. Bibliographic records also place him among the painters of Quadriga, alongside Otto Greis, Karl Otto Götz, and Bernard Schultze. Kreutz's documented practice was broader than painting alone: public sources also describe woodcuts, watercolors, pastels, and pottery. That range means collectors may encounter his name on both unique works and graphic material rather than in a single uniform category. His association with German postwar abstraction provides the central context for understanding his work, while the specific medium and date remain important when distinguishing one object from another. Authority records from Wikidata and IdRef establish the core identity, with additional public identifiers connecting Kreutz to international library and art-research databases.

## Common works and media

Public sources describe Kreutz as a painter and printmaker and specifically document woodcuts. They also identify watercolor, pastel, and pottery within his practice. In auction or appraisal contexts, these categories should be kept distinct: a unique painting or work on paper is not directly comparable to a woodcut or ceramic object, and the present source pack does not establish edition details for graphic works.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal research should begin by identifying the object's medium and technique, since paintings, woodcuts, watercolors, pastels, and pottery require different comparison sets. The work's date and its relationship to Kreutz's Informel and Quadriga context can also help determine which records are genuinely comparable. When public auction data are available, comparisons should stay close to the same work type and consider the sale date, lot description, and realized price. The collected evidence does not include detailed condition reports, provenance, dimensions, edition data, or lot-level results, so it does not support a price range or market-trend claim. A defensible valuation requires examination of the individual object and relevant comparable sales.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1525497
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/124839452
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15059063z
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Kreutz
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Kreutz
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/heinz-kreutz/