# James Le Jeune artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/james-le-jeune/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:57:02.406Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1910-05-24
- Death date: 1983-01-29
- Nationality: Canadian, Irish
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![James Le Jeune](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Self_portrait_of_artist_Jame_Le_Jeune.jpg)
James Le Jeune · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Le_Jeune

## About James Le Jeune

James Le Jeune (1910–1983) was an Irish-Canadian painter associated in the available biographical sources with portraiture, landscape, and seascape painting. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and died in Blackrock. Public authority records identify him as a painter, while English- and French-language biographical records consistently describe the three principal subjects connected with his work. The collected evidence does not establish a specific movement or named series, so his work is best introduced through those documented categories rather than a broader stylistic label. Collectors may encounter Le Jeune through paintings offered under his name in public auction records, especially works described as portraits, landscapes, or marine views. Careful comparison of the object, catalogue description, and available sale record remains important because this source pack does not provide a catalogue raisonné or detailed attribution guidance.

## Common works and media

Available biographical sources describe James Le Jeune as a painter of portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. These are therefore the most defensible work types for organizing appraisal and auction searches. The collected sources do not document sculpture, ceramics, prints, posters, editioned works, drawings, or named series, and their absence from this profile should not be interpreted as proof that none exist.

## Market and appraisal context

The available evidence supports treating portraits, landscapes, and seascapes as the principal categories for organizing James Le Jeune auction results. An appraisal can compare a work with dated public records attributed to the artist when sufficiently detailed lots are available. The current source pack does not expose the underlying realized prices, sale dates, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, attribution notes, or comparable-lot details, so it cannot support a price prediction or trend claim. Those elements should be checked directly in the relevant auction records before drawing a value conclusion. Broad matches based only on the artist’s name or subject category should be treated as preliminary rather than conclusive comparables.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16010424
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/le-jeune-james-19101983
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500102277
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96440301/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/205867
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Le_Jeune
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Le_Jeune
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/james-le-jeune/