# Max Brüning artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-bruning/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:21:49.141Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper, Prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## About Max Brüning

Max Brüning (1887–1968) was a German painter whose identity and lifespan are corroborated by Wikidata and the VIAF authority cluster. Public auction records also appear under the unaccented form Max Bruning, an important variant when matching catalogues and sale archives. A German-language reference places Brüning in the Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity, context, but the collected sources do not include a museum or scholarly record sufficient to treat that association as confirmed. On Appraisily, collectors encounter his name in records categorized as paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Because these categories are broad and the source pack contains little object-level art-historical documentation, individual works should be assessed from their own medium, date, inscriptions, condition, provenance, and attribution evidence. Exact birth and death dates, training, career chronology, recurring subjects, and documented series remain unresolved in the available sources.

## Common works and media

Matched auction categories include paintings; works on paper and prints; sculpture and mixed media; and decorative art and editions. The collected sources do not identify recurring subjects, named series, print techniques, edition sizes, or a reliable distribution by medium, so a work should not be classified more narrowly without inspecting the object and its catalogue description.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected market snapshot reports 111 matched records, including 79 with prices, across 2005–2026, with an observed price range of $20 to $3,200. These figures describe matched public records, not a prediction for another work. Useful comparisons should align medium, size, date or career period, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, and subject matter. Recent comparable sales for genuinely similar works are more informative than an artist-wide median. Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees, while private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may be absent. Authentication and direct condition examination can materially alter an appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage may be incomplete and should be supplemented by object-specific research.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1610042
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/81270806/
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Br%C3%BCning
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-bruning/