# Michael Loew artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-loew/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:43:07.114Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Abstract Expressionism
- Common media: Painting

## About Michael Loew

Michael Loew (1907–1985) was an American painter associated with Abstract Expressionism and active in New York City. A biographical source also identifies him as a longtime teacher at the School of Visual Arts and the University of California, Berkeley. His identity is represented in Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, Library of Congress, ISNI, and RKD authority systems, helping distinguish him from people with similar names. VIAF links Loew to titles such as Diagonal Rhythms, Diagonal Space Elements #2, Interchangeable Forms, Landscape Volumes, and Sea and Rocks, Monhegan. These records indicate a practice that encompassed spatial or geometric abstraction as well as landscape-oriented imagery. Collectors may therefore encounter works reflecting different aspects of his painting practice rather than a single repeated subject. Exact dates, titles, inscriptions, exhibition labels, and provenance remain important when connecting an individual work to the documented artist.

## Common works and media

Available authority and biographical records identify painting as Loew’s principal documented medium. Titles connected through VIAF suggest abstract compositions concerned with diagonal movement, rhythm, space, and interchangeable forms, alongside landscape and coastal imagery such as Landscape Volumes and Sea and Rocks, Monhegan. The source pack does not establish a reliable catalog of prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or editioned works, so those categories should not be treated as characteristic without object-specific evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Michael Loew should begin by confirming that the artist matches the American painter born in 1907 and represented by the linked authority records. Comparisons are most useful when they align in work type, subject, date, dimensions, condition, and attribution status. Loew’s documented titles point to both abstract or geometric compositions and landscape-oriented material, so superficially similar works may belong to different parts of his practice. Public sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots can provide market context when accessible, but the collected source pack does not expose enough lot-level evidence to support a price trend or forecast. Object-specific provenance, inscriptions, exhibition history, and physical examination should remain separate parts of the appraisal.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15436068
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500019153
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/31580443/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Loew
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-loew/