# Jossel Bergner artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jossel-bergner/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T09:26:12.795Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Israeli, Australian
- Common media: Painting, Illustration and drawing, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media

## Portrait

![Jossel Bergner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Yosl_Bergner.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yosl_Bergner.jpg

## About Jossel Bergner

Jossel Bergner is an auction-index name for Yosl Bergner (1920–2017), an Israeli and Australian artist identified in authority records primarily as a painter and also as an illustrator. Born in Vienna, he grew up in Warsaw, lived in Melbourne from 1937 until 1948, and then moved to Israel. This geographic history connects his identity with Austrian, Polish, Australian, and Israeli catalogues, while the spellings Jossel, Yosl, Josl, Yossel, Yosef, and Yossef may appear in records. The collected sources do not establish a specific artistic movement, so none is assigned here. Collectors may encounter Bergner through paintings, illustrated publications, drawings, works on paper, prints, and other objects placed in broader auction categories. Because records use several name variants, reliable entity matching depends on more than the artist name alone. Signatures, inscriptions, catalogue descriptions, dates, media, provenance, and images should all be examined when connecting an object or sale record to Bergner.

## Common works and media

Authority records identify Bergner chiefly with painting and illustration. In appraisal and auction contexts, his name may appear with paintings, drawings and illustrated material, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative objects, and editions. These are broad record categories rather than proof that every object type is equally characteristic. The object's medium, technique, signature, inscriptions, dimensions, date, edition details, condition, provenance, and accompanying documentation should be verified directly.

## Market and appraisal context

Bergner's public auction results should be evaluated through closely comparable objects rather than a single headline price or overall median. Relevant comparisons match the medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, provenance, attribution status, and, where applicable, edition information. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, exhibition history, and catalogue references can also affect how confidently a work is identified and compared. Public results may omit private transactions or later attribution changes, and reported prices do not always treat buyer premiums and fees consistently. An appraisal should therefore review the underlying lot descriptions and images, select genuinely similar sales, and account for the object's present condition before reaching a value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8056357
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/90738095/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/180901591
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150683287
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500086560
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosl_Bergner
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosl_Bergner
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jossel-bergner/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yosl_Bergner.jpg