# Max Moreau artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:05:03.020Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1902-09-02
- Death date: 1992-09-02
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Painting, Watercolor

## Portrait

![Max Moreau](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_Max_Moreau.jpg/1280px-Portrait_of_Max_Moreau.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Max_Moreau.jpg

## About Max Moreau

Max Moreau (1902–1992) was a Belgian painter and watercolorist; one English-language biography describes him more broadly as Franco-Belgian. Born in Soignies, Belgium, he worked mainly in North Africa and southern Spain and became particularly associated with Granada. Portraiture was a central specialty, helping distinguish much of his documented output from works by other artists sharing the Moreau surname. His practice included paintings and watercolors, and surviving examples may appear in auction and appraisal settings under either medium or in portrait-related categories. Moreau died in Granada in 1992. He left his estate to the city, and his former Albaicín home became the Carmen de los Geranios, Centro Cultural Max Moreau, devoted to his life and work. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and the BnF provide a stable identity framework, although some detailed biographical information in the collected source pack remains dependent on Wikipedia.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter works catalogued as paintings, watercolors, or portraits. The collected biographical material identifies portraiture as Moreau's principal subject specialization and associates much of his working life with North Africa, southern Spain, and Granada. The source pack does not support a named movement, formal series, print edition, sculpture practice, or ceramics practice.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction records can help establish context for a work attributed to Max Moreau, but comparisons should be made between genuinely similar objects. Paintings should generally be considered alongside paintings, watercolors alongside watercolors, and portraits alongside works reflecting his documented portrait practice. Relevant records should be read with their sale dates and realized prices rather than treated as direct predictions of present value. The collected evidence establishes Moreau's identity and principal media more strongly than it establishes detailed market patterns. No major-auction-house biography or artist-specific market analysis was included in the source pack, so conclusions about price direction, scarcity, or demand would require additional evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302247
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6161662/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500043490
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb17165902x
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Moreau
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Moreau
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-moreau/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Max_Moreau.jpg