# José Wolff artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jose-wolff/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:44:01.002Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1885-02-18
- Death date: 1964-02-23
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Walloon Luminism
- Common media: Painting, Posters, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![José Wolff](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Jos%C3%A9_Wolff.jpg)
Francis Laboureur « José Wolff (1885-1964) ». Trooz, Imp. Berton, 1999 / Own work , scannage (2012-06-28) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Wolff.jpg

## About José Wolff

José Wolff (1885–1964) was a Belgian painter born and active in Liège. Public biographical material associates him with Walloon Luminism and describes a practice spanning landscapes, portraits, still lifes and nudes, together with poster design. That breadth helps explain why collectors may encounter his name across more than one auction category: easel paintings, portrait or landscape compositions, graphic works and posters rather than one signature format. His identity is anchored by Wikidata and RKD authority records, while the more detailed biography available in this source pack comes from French Wikipedia. The movement label and full subject range should therefore be treated as useful context rather than a substitute for a scholarly catalogue or museum biography. For entity matching, the combination of his accented name, Belgian nationality, association with Liège, and 1885–1964 lifespan is more dependable than stylistic resemblance alone.

## Common works and media

The available biography describes Wolff as a painter of landscapes, portraits, still lifes and nudes who also produced posters. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include paintings, works on paper, prints or poster-related graphic works. The existing market page also carries broader category labels, but this source pack does not establish sculpture, mixed media, decorative art or editions as characteristic parts of his practice. Objects in those categories require especially careful identity and attribution checks.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected artist-page snapshot reports matched public-auction records dated from 2007 through 2026, including 46 matched records and 30 priced records. Those figures are directional, not a complete market. For appraisal, compare like with like: medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, subject, and recent comparable public sales can all affect relevance. Broad category labels should not be read as proof that every category is characteristic of Wolff's documented practice. Private sales, incomplete feeds, differing treatment of fees, and later attribution changes can also limit comparisons or make headline statistics misleading.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage can be incomplete, so the data should support—not replace—object-specific attribution, condition review and appraisal judgment.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3186596
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/102109
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Wolff
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jose-wolff/