# Horst Janssen artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T08:31:57.930Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1929-11-14
- Death date: 1995-08-31
- Nationality: German
- Common media: Drawing, Etching, Woodcut, Lithograph, Wood engraving, Watercolor, Gouache

## Portrait

![Horst Janssen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HorstJanssenPortr%C3%A4t.jpg)
MoSchle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HorstJanssenPortr%C3%A4t.jpg

## About Horst Janssen

Horst Janssen (1929–1995) was a German draftsman, printmaker, poster artist and illustrator known for an unusually extensive body of graphic work. His documented media include drawings, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, wood engravings, watercolors and gouaches. Rather than assigning him to a movement that is not established by the collected institutional sources, this profile places him within twentieth-century German drawing and printmaking. Authority and museum records maintained by Getty ULAN, VIAF, MoMA and Tate provide strong identity matching for his name and life years. Collectors may encounter Janssen through unique works on paper as well as print-based works, posters and book illustrations. That breadth makes accurate identification of the technique and work type especially important: objects associated with his name can belong to materially different categories and should not be compared without distinguishing an original drawing or painted work from an etching, woodcut, lithograph or other graphic work.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Horst Janssen commonly appear as drawings and other works on paper, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, wood engravings, watercolors, gouaches, posters and illustrations. Because these categories include both unique and print-based objects, the medium should be identified before selecting auction comparables or describing the work for appraisal.

## Market and appraisal context

Janssen’s market should be considered by work type and medium. Drawings, watercolors and gouaches should be compared with relevant works on paper, while etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and wood engravings require comparisons within their respective print categories. Posters and illustrated material form another distinct group. The collected pack confirms substantial auction-record coverage on Appraisily but does not include major-auction-house lot analysis or individual realized-price examples, so this profile makes no price prediction. A responsible appraisal should first establish the object’s technique and whether it is a unique or print-based work, then use public sales of sufficiently similar works. Artist identity and record volume alone do not establish authenticity, condition or value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots. Each object still requires work-specific review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454650
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500003059
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/110581276/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/027542890
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2887
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/horst-janssen-2286
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Janssen
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Janssen
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Janssen
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/horst-janssen/