# Luigi Tomasello artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/luigi-tomasello/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:14:42.522Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1915-11-29
- Death date: 2014-01-17
- Nationality: Argentine
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Engraving

## Portrait

![Luigi Tomasello](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Luis_Tomasello_%281995%29.png)
Pantalaskas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luis_Tomasello_(1995).png

## About Luigi Tomasello

Luigi Tomasello is the display name used for this Appraisily auction-directory entry, but the collected museum and authority records consistently describe Luis Tomasello (1915–2014), an Argentine painter and sculptor. IdRef records the variant Luis R. Tomasello and states that he settled in Paris in 1957; VIAF likewise describes an Argentine artist active in France. The exact birth date, 29 November 1915, appears in the collected French Wikipedia entry, while institution-grade records in the pack independently confirm the birth year. His documented practice includes painting, sculpture, and engraving. Collectors may therefore encounter paintings, sculptural works, and graphic works under the Luis Tomasello name. Because the Appraisily page is filed under Luigi, its identity should be reconciled before auction records are merged with the authority profile. No movement, subject taxonomy, or named series is asserted here because the collected source pack does not establish those details.

## Common works and media

The collected authority sources identify Luis Tomasello as both a painter and sculptor, while IdRef also records activity as an engraver. Paintings, sculptures, engravings, and related graphic works are therefore the supported work types for classification and auction-record review. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, materials, or format preferences, so objects should be described from their own physical evidence and documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with identity reconciliation: the auction-directory entry uses Luigi Tomasello, whereas Tate, VIAF, Wikidata, and IdRef identify Luis Tomasello. Comparable lots should be selected only after confirming that their artist attribution refers to the same person. Within confirmed records, medium and work type are the clearest supported distinctions, with painting, sculpture, and engraving all documented. The collected sources do not provide lot-level condition, provenance, dimensions, edition information, major-house sale examples, or realized-price detail, so this profile does not infer how those variables affect value or claim a market trend. Any valuation should rely on verified object information and closely comparable public sales rather than the directory name alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For this entry, the Luigi–Luis name discrepancy must be resolved before the auction data can be treated as belonging to the authority-profiled artist.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/074598325
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96114631/
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/luis-tomasello-18444
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266842
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Tomasello
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Tomasello
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/luigi-tomasello/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luis_Tomasello_(1995).png