# Joaquim Tenreiro artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:28:27.855Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Brazilian
- Common media: Furniture design, Woodworking and cabinetmaking, Painting, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Joaquim Tenreiro](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Joaquim_Tenreiro_Designer.jpg/1280px-Joaquim_Tenreiro_Designer.jpg)
InstitutoTenreiro · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joaquim_Tenreiro_Designer.jpg

## About Joaquim Tenreiro

Joaquim Tenreiro (1906–1992) was a Brazilian furniture designer, woodworker, painter, sculptor, and visual artist associated with the creative culture of mid-20th-century Brazil. Public authority and biographical records identify him across several disciplines, while overview sources particularly emphasize his standing as a furniture designer. This breadth matters when identifying his work: the Tenreiro name may be encountered in connection with functional design objects as well as autonomous works of visual art. His fuller name, Joaquim Albuquerque Tenreiro, appears in Portuguese- and Spanish-language references and can help match catalog records or historical documentation. Collectors most commonly encounter his name through furniture and design contexts, but paintings and sculptures also fall within his documented practice. Because the available evidence pack is stronger on identity and professional scope than on individual objects, attribution of any particular work should remain tied to its documentation, physical characteristics, and comparison with securely identified examples.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Tenreiro’s name may include furniture and other design objects, reflecting his documented activity as a furniture designer and woodworker. His broader visual-art practice also includes paintings and sculptures. Cataloging should identify the precise object type and medium instead of treating all Tenreiro works as one market category.

## Market and appraisal context

Tenreiro’s cross-disciplinary practice makes object classification an important first step in appraisal. Furniture and design objects should be assessed separately from paintings and sculptures, since each category has different descriptive evidence and relevant comparables. A careful appraisal should document the object type, materials, construction or artistic medium, dimensions, condition, date or period, inscriptions or labels, ownership history, and the basis for attribution. Comparable public auction records are most useful when they match the same work category and share meaningful characteristics. The collected source pack confirms Tenreiro’s identity and range of occupations but does not expose lot-level results, condition reports, provenance, edition data, or a reliable price trend. No value conclusion should therefore be drawn from the biographical sources alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity evidence and market evidence are assessed separately so that biographical context alone is not presented as a valuation conclusion.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206355
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/81311022/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86035096
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_Tenreiro
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_Tenreiro
- Wikipedia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_Tenreiro
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/137069650
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000078842938
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/joaquim-tenreiro/