# Max Svabinsky artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-svabinsky/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:47:17.591Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Czech
- Common media: Painting, Drawing, Graphic art

## Portrait

![Max Svabinsky](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Max_Svabinsky_1933.jpg)
Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Svabinsky_1933.jpg

## About Max Svabinsky

Max Švabinský (1873–1962), commonly listed without diacritics as Max Svabinsky, was a Czech painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His career extended from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth. A collected biographical source notes that his artistic identity had taken shape before 1900 and before the arrival of Cubism, useful chronological context that does not by itself establish a specific movement affiliation. Švabinský worked across studio painting, drawing, and graphic production, so collectors may encounter his work in several catalog categories rather than under a single medium. His accented and unaccented names should be treated as forms of the same artist identity when reviewing collection records or auction results. Appraisily's collected dataset indicates a substantial auction presence, but individual objects still require careful classification and comparison with genuinely similar works.

## Common works and media

Public identity sources describe Švabinský as a painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist. Works encountered in appraisal or auction settings may therefore be cataloged as paintings, drawings or other works on paper, and graphic works or prints. The collected evidence does not identify dependable subject categories, named series, or edition practices, so those details should be established from the individual object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first distinguish among Švabinský's paintings, drawings, and graphic works because these are separate parts of his documented practice and should not be compared indiscriminately. Name normalization also matters: records filed under Max Švabinský and Max Svabinsky may refer to the same artist. When detailed auction results are available, the most useful comparisons are records from the corresponding work type, considered alongside the recorded sale date and realized price. The collected source pack does not establish a price trend, the relative frequency of different categories, or a hierarchy of subjects. Those conclusions should therefore come from object-specific evidence and a reviewed set of comparable public sales rather than from the artist name alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Coverage varies, and object-specific conclusions should be based on the records and documentation available for the work under review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159074
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%C5%A0vabinsk%C3%BD
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%C5%A0vabinsk%C3%BD
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%C5%A0vabinsk%C3%BD
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500012635
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/37086328/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82117639
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG52104
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/max-svabinsky/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Svabinsky_1933.jpg