# Jean LeMayeur artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-09T11:51:36.844Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1880-02-09
- Death date: 1958-05-31
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, drawing

## About Jean LeMayeur

Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès (1880–1958) was a Belgian painter, watercolorist, and draftsperson born in Brussels. He is known by the shortened name Jean Le Mayeur and trained and exhibited in Belgium and France before World War I. During the war he served as a soldier-artist, and afterward he traveled widely before settling in Bali around 1932, where he remained for the rest of his career. His Balinese-period work, depicting local scenes and figures, became his most recognized output. His paintings are held in institutional collections including the Tate. He died in Brussels in 1958.

## Common works and media

Le Mayeur worked primarily in oil on canvas, watercolor, and works on paper. His most commonly encountered works at auction include Balinese figurative scenes and landscapes, as well as earlier European subjects. Drawings and watercolors from both periods appear regularly. Collectors may also find works from his World War I soldier-artist service.

## Market and appraisal context

Jean Le Mayeur has a well-established secondary market presence with hundreds of documented auction lots. His oil paintings of Balinese subjects generally attract the strongest collector interest, though his earlier European works, watercolors, and drawings also appear at auction. Valuation depends on medium, subject matter, date of execution, provenance, condition, and exhibition history. Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as the artist's name appears in several variant spellings in catalogue records.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines verified identity data from Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD, and the Tate with publicly documented auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. When full auction records are available, they supplement the biographical and market context presented here.

## Sources

- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96026615
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/86976
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12061522
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/64818230/
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/adrien-jean-le-mayeur-de-merpres-19922
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien-Jean_Le_Mayeur
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500152965