# Norbert Tadeusz artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:12:43.943Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1940-02-19
- Death date: 2011-07-11
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Figurative art
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Norbert Tadeusz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Oliver_Mark_-_Norbert_Tadeusz%2C_D%C3%BCsseldorf_1995.jpg/1280px-Oliver_Mark_-_Norbert_Tadeusz%2C_D%C3%BCsseldorf_1995.jpg)
Oliver Mark · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Mark_-_Norbert_Tadeusz,_D%C3%BCsseldorf_1995.jpg

## About Norbert Tadeusz

Norbert Tadeusz (1940-2011) was a German painter associated with figurative art. Public biographical sources place his birth in Dortmund and his death in Düsseldorf, while Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, IdRef, and other authority records provide stable identifiers for matching his name across collections and catalogues. The available sources consistently describe him as a painter and, more specifically, as a figurative painter. Painting is therefore the clearest documented core of his practice. Collectors may also encounter his name in broader auction groupings that include works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, although the supplied evidence does not establish how frequently each type appears in his body of work. The present source pack does not support assigning Tadeusz to a narrower named movement, identifying specific series, or defining a dependable subject taxonomy, so those details should be assessed from the individual work and its documentation.

## Common works and media

Painting is the best-supported medium for Norbert Tadeusz, and public descriptions identify his practice as figurative. Appraisily's auction index also groups matched records under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the supplied source pack does not document particular series, recurring subjects, print techniques, edition sizes, or a medium-by-medium catalogue of the artist's work, an object should be classified from its physical characteristics, inscriptions, provenance, and reliable catalogue or exhibition documentation rather than from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

A Norbert Tadeusz appraisal should begin with comparable public sales for works that align in medium, dimensions, execution date, subject, and attribution. Condition and restoration history can affect comparability, as can signatures, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Appraisily's matched auction data spans several broad categories, but those labels should not be treated as proof that every category is equally representative of the artist's market. Reported auction totals may also handle buyer's premiums or fees differently. Public records provide useful context rather than a complete valuation: private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may be missing, and the supplied page contains record-count figures that require reconciliation before quantitative conclusions are drawn.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123626
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500031721
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95877129/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/079299989
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85091008
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118620460
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000078588458
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/76377
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Tadeusz
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Tadeusz