# Lucien Hector Jonas artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1880-04-08
- Death date: 1947-09-20
- Nationality: French
- Common media: oil painting, lithography, drawing, illustration

## About Lucien Hector Jonas

Lucien Hector Jonas (1880–1947) was a French painter, lithographer, illustrator, and draftsperson born in Anzin, near Valenciennes, and active in Paris. He trained under the academic painters Joseph Fortuné Séraphin Layraud in Valenciennes and Léon Bonnat in Paris, placing his foundation within the French academic tradition of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jonas worked across history painting and genre scenes, and his practice extended to lithography and book illustration. His work was included in the painting event at the 1932 Summer Olympics art competition in Los Angeles. Jonas died in Paris on September 20, 1947. He is documented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, VIAF, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

## Common works and media

Jonas produced oil paintings, lithographic prints, drawings, and book illustrations. His documented subjects include history paintings and genre scenes. Works on paper — particularly lithographs and preparatory drawings — may appear more frequently at auction than major canvases. Illustrations and prints can exist in multiples, which collectors should distinguish from unique paintings and drawings when assessing rarity.

## Market and appraisal context

Lucien Hector Jonas's work appears with moderate frequency at auction, primarily in European paintings, works on paper, and print categories. His output spans oil paintings, lithographs, drawings, and illustrations, each carrying different market expectations. As a pupil of Léon Bonnat — a leading French academic painter — Jonas's training connects him to a well-documented academic lineage, which can provide useful provenance context. Collectors considering a Jonas work for appraisal should note the medium, subject matter (history painting versus genre scene), date, condition, and any exhibition or publication history. Comparable auction results from major houses can help establish a range, though published price data was not available in the sources consulted here.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from authority files and institutional records with auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Lucien Hector Jonas, this page draws on the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Auction and market data from Appraisily and Invaluable supplement these sources where applicable.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/42506
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500015443
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/51746009/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3265566
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Jonas
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93045998