# Josef Wenglein artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-25T06:32:00.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Movements: Munich School / German landscape painting tradition
- Common media: Oil painting (landscape), Illustration

## About Josef Wenglein

Josef Wenglein (1845–1919) was a German landscape painter, illustrator, and professor associated with the Bavarian painting tradition. Active in Munich, Wenglein devoted much of his career to depicting the rivers, farmland, and foothills of southern Bavaria. Works such as "Die Amper bei Freising mit abziehendem Gewitter" and views of the Isar river valley show his interest in atmospheric effects, changing weather, and the rural character of the pre-Alpine landscape. He also held an academic post, teaching at a Munich institution, which placed him within the network of the Munich School. Collectors encounter Wenglein's paintings primarily through Central European auction houses, where his landscapes appear with some regularity. His handling of light across open water and moorland subjects gives his compositions a recognizable tonal quality that distinguishes them within the broader field of nineteenth-century German landscape painting.

## Common works and media

Wenglein worked chiefly in oil on canvas and oil on panel, producing landscapes of the Bavarian countryside. Typical subjects include river views of the Isar and Amper, moorland and farmhouse scenes such as "Bauernhaus im Moos," woodland interiors with streams, and seasonal or weather-driven compositions featuring approaching or receding storms. Smaller cabinet-size landscapes and study sketches also appear. Illustration work is documented but less common in auction contexts.

## Market and appraisal context

Wenglein's landscapes appear most often in German and Austrian auction rooms, typically as oil paintings on canvas or panel. Subjects that feature identifiable Bavarian rivers—particularly the Isar and the Amper—or dramatic weather effects tend to attract stronger collector interest. As with many Munich School painters, appraisal value depends on size, condition, the quality of the landscape composition, and whether the work carries a clear signature or documented provenance. The 246 lots catalogued in the Appraisily database suggest a steady but modest auction presence. Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as no modern catalogue raisonné was identified among the available reference sources.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured identity research from authority files (Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD) with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Josef Wenglein, identity data is well supported by multiple library-authority sources; market observations are drawn from the Appraisily auction database and supplemented by biographical context.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708226
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wenglein
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500016294
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/3244643/
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/83587