# Lengyue Tao artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/lengyue-tao/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:11:13.712Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1895-11-05
- Death date: 1985-12-03
- Nationality: Chinese
- Common media: Painting; specific materials and techniques are not established by the collected sources

## Portrait

![Lengyue Tao](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Shen_Wei_-_lengyue.jpg)
Shen Wei · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shen_Wei_-_lengyue.jpg

## About Lengyue Tao

Lengyue Tao (1895–1985), also indexed as Tao Lengyue and in Chinese as 陶冷月, was a Chinese painter associated with Suzhou in Jiangsu. The collected Chinese-language biography gives his birth name as Shanyong (善镛) and records study at Jiangsu Provincial First Normal School. Authority data connects his identity across VIAF, Wikidata, the Library of Congress, the German National Library, and ISNI, helping distinguish his records in library catalogues and auction databases. The available source pack does not provide institution-grade evidence for a named movement, a defined career period, or a consistent set of subjects and materials, so those classifications remain open. Collectors may nevertheless encounter Tao through a substantial matched auction record spanning 2002–2026. These records document works offered under his name; they do not replace authentication, catalogue research, provenance review, or examination of the individual object.

## Common works and media

The collected sources identify Tao broadly as a painter, while Appraisily's auction index groups matched records under fine art and paintings and, more tentatively, works on paper and prints. The source pack does not securely establish particular techniques, recurring subjects, editions, series, or career periods. Each object should therefore be classified from its own materials, inscriptions, dimensions, condition, provenance, and supporting catalogue evidence rather than from these broad auction labels alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public index reports 138 matched records for Lengyue Tao, including 106 priced records, across sales dated from 2002 through 2026. Its observed results cover a very wide range, so a headline median or overall range should not be applied directly to an individual work. A useful comparison should align medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, signature or inscriptions, attribution status, and provenance. Catalogue references and exhibition history may also matter when documented. Reported auction figures can differ in their inclusion of buyer premiums or fees, while private transactions and incomplete data feeds may be absent. Authentication and an object-specific condition assessment remain essential before drawing a valuation conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, reported realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65051474
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/19351564/
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B6%E5%86%B7%E6%9C%88
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/lengyue-tao/