# Léon Danchin artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/leon-danchin/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:26:01.118Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1887-06-21
- Death date: 1938-08-04
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Drawings, Paintings, Engravings and prints, Sculpture

## About Léon Danchin

Léon Danchin (1887–1938) was a French animal artist born in Lille and associated especially with sporting and hunting-dog imagery. Authority records identify him as a French artist and engraver, while biographical references describe his work across drawing, painting, engraving, and sculpture. His focus on animals places him within the French animalier tradition, although the available source pack does not establish a specific formal movement or school. Collectors may encounter his name on works on paper and prints, paintings of dogs, and less commonly sculptural or decorative objects. Because his subject matter crosses sporting art, animal art, and decorative collecting, apparently similar works can enter the market through different auction categories. Careful identification should therefore consider the medium, signature or inscription, edition information where relevant, physical condition, and whether the attribution is direct or qualified.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Danchin commonly feature animals, especially sporting or hunting dogs. Auction and appraisal contexts may include drawings, engravings and other prints, paintings, sculpture, mixed-media objects, and decorative editions. For multiples, the specific edition, inscriptions, signature, and state should be recorded. For unique works, medium, support, dimensions, condition, and attribution wording are central to selecting meaningful comparisons.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s collected market page reports 106 matched auction records, including 74 priced records, spanning 2008–2026. These records are useful for locating comparable lots, but the broad mix of prints, works on paper, paintings, sculpture, and decorative editions makes an overall median an incomplete guide to an individual object. A sound comparison should prioritize the same medium, subject, dimensions, date or career period, edition status, and attribution level. Condition, restoration, signature, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect relevance. Reported prices should be compared consistently because some auction totals may include buyer premiums or other fees.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public auction data is a starting point and may not capture private sales, every sale venue, or later attribution changes.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/37834324/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3270866
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13737795j
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Danchin
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Danchin
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Danchin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/leon-danchin/