# Max Papart artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-papart/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:05:48.817Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1911-12-19
- Death date: 1994-08-29
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking and engraving, Etching, Lithography, Illustration, Collage, Drawing

## Portrait

![Max Papart](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Photo_of_Max_Papart_Atelier_Aix_en_Provence_1957_by_Jean_Garbit.jpg/1280px-Photo_of_Max_Papart_Atelier_Aix_en_Provence_1957_by_Jean_Garbit.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_Max_Papart_Atelier_Aix_en_Provence_1957_by_Jean_Garbit.jpg

## About Max Papart

Max Papart (1911–1994) was a French painter and graphic artist. Authority records also describe him as a printmaker, draftsman, engraver, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator, while a French reference page identifies collage as part of his practice. The bibliographic record shows work across painting and several print processes rather than a single format. IdRef links Papart to catalogued works including Espaces maritimes, Antibes, Bornes bleues, and Don Giovanni, as well as a 1979 catalogue devoted to his engraved work. This breadth helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on paintings, individual prints, drawings, illustrated publications, and collages. The current public source pack securely establishes his French identity, life years, and range of occupations, but it does not provide enough institution-grade narrative evidence to assign a specific movement or school. Any stylistic attribution should therefore be checked against the individual work and a stronger scholarly source.

## Common works and media

Public authority and bibliography records associate Papart with paintings, prints, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs, illustrations, and collage. IdRef's linked records include titled graphic works and a catalogue of his engraved oeuvre, making works on paper and illustrated publications relevant appraisal contexts. The source pack does not establish a definitive list of series or recurring subjects.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Max Papart should begin with its object type and technique, because authority records distinguish paintings, engravings, etchings, lithographs, illustrations, and other graphic work. Comparisons are most useful when they involve the same medium and format and when the title can be connected to a bibliographic or catalogue record. Appraisily's public artist page can add auction context, including sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This source pack, however, contains no usable major auction-house results or specialist market essay. It therefore does not support claims about price direction, rarity, demand by subject, edition effects, condition premiums, or provenance premiums. Those questions require examination of the specific object and stronger sale evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302254
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95725906/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/027057402
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Papart