# Niels H. Christiansen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/niels-h-christiansen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:40:54.602Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Danish
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints

## About Niels H. Christiansen

Niels H. Christiansen (1850–1922) was a Danish painter whose public authority records connect him with both Wikidata and the RKD. The available source pack does not establish a named movement or provide a detailed account of his training and career, so broader stylistic labels should be applied cautiously. Documented works nevertheless reveal a recognizable concentration on landscape subjects, particularly autumn scenery, frozen waterways, skaters, and figures moving through evening or moonlit settings. Sunset and winter light recur across several publicly recorded paintings. Collectors are most likely to encounter Christiansen through landscape paintings offered under his abbreviated name or the fuller form Niels Hans Christiansen. Because similarly named artists can appear in market databases, a signature should be evaluated alongside the work's subject, materials, dimensions, condition, provenance, and any labels or inscriptions rather than treated as sufficient identification by itself.

## Common works and media

Auction and public-image records chiefly associate Christiansen with paintings, especially landscapes shaped by seasonal or atmospheric effects. Recorded examples include autumn scenery, frozen rivers populated by figures, skaters at sunset, evening views, and moonlit departure scenes. The Appraisily page also groups some matched records under works on paper and prints, but the collected identity sources do not provide enough detail to establish how frequently those formats occur. Medium, support, technique, dimensions, signature, and condition should therefore be verified directly for each object.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's current market index contains roughly three dozen matched auction records for Niels H. Christiansen, including 23 records with reported prices between 2008 and 2025. The observed results range from $25 to $1,300, with a reported median near $200 and many recorded sales between approximately $110 and $300. These figures describe the available public record, not a forecast for an individual work. An appraisal should compare paintings of similar subject, medium, size, date, and condition while also considering restoration, signature and inscriptions, provenance, attribution confidence, and the reporting conventions used by each auction house. Sparse coverage, private transactions, and unmatched records can limit the representativeness of the published range.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21460811
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/16764
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/christiansen-niels-h-18501922
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/niels-h-christiansen/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_H._Christiansen,_Efter%C3%A5rslandskab.png
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_H._Christiansen_-_Aftenstemning_ved_en_tilfrosset_flod_med_talrige_personer.png
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N._H._Christiansen_-_Afrejse_i_m%C3%A5neskin.png
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N._H._Christiansen_-_Sk%C3%B8jtel%C3%B8bere_ved_solnedgang.png
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Hans_Christiansen_(1850-1922)_-_Skating_Scene_-_33_-_Sidney_Sussex_College.jpg