# José Malhoa artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Portuguese
- Common media: oil painting

## About José Malhoa

José Vital Branco Malhoa (1855–1933), known professionally as José Malhoa, was a Portuguese painter born in Caldas da Rainha and active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is recognized as one of Portugal's prominent painters of the period, working across figure subjects and genre scenes that drew from Portuguese rural and popular life. Malhoa's career coincided with a transitional era in Portuguese art, and his work is documented in major library and art-history authority records including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. With over 250 works documented in auction and appraisal databases, collectors most often encounter Malhoa's paintings in the context of Portuguese and Southern European fine art sales.

## Common works and media

Malhoa primarily produced oil paintings, with figure compositions and scenes of Portuguese popular life as recurring subjects. Works attributed to him in auction contexts are typically paintings on canvas or panel. Collectors may also encounter drawings, studies, or preparatory works. As with many artists of the period, attribution should be verified against documented catalogues and expert opinion.

## Market and appraisal context

José Malhoa's works appear at auction primarily within Portuguese and European painting categories. Key valuation factors include the painting's subject matter, size, medium, condition, and the strength of its attribution. Works with documented provenance or exhibition history tend to command stronger results. Because Malhoa painted over a long career spanning the late 1800s into the early 1900s, dating a work to a specific period can influence its market placement. Collectors should consult recent comparable auction records for current valuation guidance, as the source pack does not include specific realized prices.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library-authority, and art-history sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For José Malhoa, identity data is drawn from Wikidata, the Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720979
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/18020802/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500007074
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/52162
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Malhoa