# Louis Anquetin artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1861-01-26
- Death date: 1932-08-19
- Nationality: French
- Movements: Cloisonnism, Post-Impressionism
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, gouache, drawing

## About Louis Anquetin

Louis Anquetin (1861–1932) was a French painter and draftsman recognized as a leading figure in the Cloisonnist movement, a Post-Impressionist style defined by bold contour lines and flat areas of saturated color. Active in Paris from the late 1870s through the early 1930s, Anquetin trained under Léon Bonnat and Fernand Cormon and exhibited at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1889. He worked alongside contemporaries such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Émile Bernard during a formative period of French avant-garde painting. After his innovative Cloisonnist phase, Anquetin turned toward a more classical approach influenced by Rubens and the Old Masters, producing figure studies, mythological compositions, and landscapes later in his career. He also worked extensively in watercolor and gouache. His work is held in the collections of the Tate, the Museum of Modern Art, and other major institutions, and he is documented in Bénézit, Thieme/Becker, and the Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon.

## Common works and media

Anquetin produced oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, gouaches, and drawings in ink and charcoal. Early Cloisonnist works depict circus scenes, cabaret interiors, urban nightlife, and portraits rendered with strong outlines and vivid color fields. Later works include classical figure studies, mythological subjects, and landscapes reflecting his engagement with Old Master traditions. Individual drawings, studies, and smaller-scale paintings from both periods appear at auction alongside larger exhibition-scale canvases.

## Market and appraisal context

Anquetin's works appear at auction with moderate frequency across 19th-century European painting and works-on-paper categories. Paintings from his Cloisonnist period of the late 1880s tend to attract the strongest collector attention, while his later classical-revival canvases are encountered less often. Key factors affecting appraisal include the period of execution, medium, provenance clarity, condition, and whether the work has documented exhibition or publication history. Collectors should note that his stylistic range spans two quite different phases, which can affect comparability between lots. Specialist review is advisable for attribution and dating questions.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287524
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Anquetin
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500031731
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/59129798/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90000906
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/32939
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/louis-anquetin-651
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/1986