# Louise Loeber artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-30T11:16:10.000Z
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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1894-05-03
- Death date: 1983-02-02
- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: painting, printmaking, etching, linocut, glass painting, drawing, graphic art

## About Louise Loeber

Louise Marie Loeber (1894–1983), known professionally as Lou Loeber, was a Dutch painter, printmaker, and graphic artist active across much of the twentieth century. Born on 3 May 1894, she worked in a breadth of media that included oil painting, etching, linocut, glass painting, drawing, and illustration. She married the Dutch artist Dirk Koning (1888–1978) and is sometimes recorded under the name Lou Koning-Loeber. Her monogram, 'LL,' appears on many works. Loeber's output is documented in the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She died on 2 February 1983 in the Gooi region of the Netherlands. With over 200 works recorded in auction databases, Loeber's art continues to appear in the secondary market, particularly in European Old Master, modern print, and works-on-paper sales.

## Common works and media

Loeber produced oil and watercolor paintings, etchings, linocuts, graphic works on paper, drawings, glass paintings, and illustrations. In auction and appraisal contexts, collectors are most likely to encounter her prints (particularly etchings and linocuts) and smaller-scale paintings. Works are typically signed 'Lou Loeber' or with the LL monogram.

## Market and appraisal context

Louise Loeber's works appear in auction contexts primarily as paintings, prints (etchings and linocuts), drawings, and glass paintings. Collectors evaluating Loeber pieces should consider the specific medium, date, condition, and provenance. Works signed with her 'LL' monogram or the name 'Lou Loeber' are standard; later works may carry the married surname Koning-Loeber. Institutional recognition by MoMA and thorough documentation by the RKD support market credibility. Comparable auction results for Dutch twentieth-century women painters and printmakers provide the most useful pricing benchmarks, though Loeber's auction footprint is narrower than many of her contemporaries, so individual lot history and gallery provenance carry extra weight.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines identity research from the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, Wikidata, and the Museum of Modern Art with available auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. When full auction comparables are limited, the page draws on institutional holdings and authority-file documentation to support appraisal context.

## Sources

- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/50573
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79417401/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500028819
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/41133
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1885642
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Loeber
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94010246