# Jules de Bruycker artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1870-03-29
- Death date: 1945-09-05
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Etching and printmaking, Painting, Drawing and draughtsmanship, Book illustration

## Portrait

![Jules de Bruycker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Jules_de_Bruycker_-_Self-portrait.Jpeg)
Jules De Bruycker · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jules_de_Bruycker_-_Self-portrait.Jpeg

## About Jules de Bruycker

Jules de Bruycker (1870–1945) was a Belgian artist born and deceased in Ghent, working across etching, painting, drawing, graphic design and illustration. He is especially associated with technically accomplished graphic art and with visual records of his home city. His subjects include Ghent streets and buildings, cathedral interiors and exteriors, war-related imagery, and illustrated books. De Bruycker’s work is often discussed within the strong Belgian graphic tradition of the early twentieth century, alongside the country’s leading printmakers. Collectors may encounter him through signed etchings, drawings, paintings, illustrated material and other works on paper. His combination of local architectural observation, expressive line and printmaking skill makes both the image and the physical state of the impression important when identifying and comparing works.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include etchings and other prints, drawings, paintings, architectural views, war-related graphic works, illustrated books and related works on paper. Scenes of Ghent and cathedral architecture are useful subject descriptors when organizing comparable lots. For a print, record the technique, state or edition information, impression quality, margins, signature and sheet condition. For a drawing or painting, document the medium, support, dimensions, date or period, surface condition and provenance. Attribution should remain separate from identification until the object and its supporting documentation have been examined.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisals of Jules de Bruycker works should begin with genuinely comparable objects: the same medium, subject, approximate date, dimensions and level of finish. For prints, impression quality, edition or state information, signature, margins and condition can be decisive. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references and attribution confidence also matter, particularly when a work is presented without strong documentation. Public auction records provide useful comparison points, but they do not represent every private sale or every attribution decision. Reported totals may also include buyer premiums or fees, so realized results should be compared on a consistent basis.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2972187
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/086738070
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.34536.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500124481
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/20431
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12573530s
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_De_Bruycker
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_De_Bruycker
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jules-de-bruycker/