# Oskar Koller artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/oskar-koller/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:31:39.220Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art

## About Oskar Koller

Oskar Koller (1925–2004) is identified in the collected authority data as a German painter, and the German-language Wikipedia profile also describes him as a graphic artist. Painting and graphic art therefore provide the clearest supported contexts for matching his identity across collection, library, auction, and appraisal records. The source pack links Koller to identifiers maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, the German National Library, ISNI, IdRef, and RKD. These identifiers are especially useful for distinguishing the artist from people with similar names. In auction and appraisal settings, his name may appear in connection with paintings or broadly described graphic works. The available material does not establish particular movements, techniques, subjects, periods, exhibitions, or named series, so those details should not be inferred without stronger documentation.

## Common works and media

The available sources support paintings and graphic works as the principal broad categories associated with Oskar Koller. They do not reliably identify particular painting media, print processes, drawing materials, recurring subjects, editions, posters, sculptures, ceramics, or named series. More specific classification should be based on the individual object and documented catalogue or auction evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The source pack supports a market view only at a broad work-type level: Oskar Koller is identified with painting and graphic art. It does not provide accessible lot descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or auction-house commentary. This profile therefore should not imply a price range or market trend. A submitted work should first be matched securely to the artist through the collected authority identifiers and then assessed against object-specific evidence and comparable public auction records when available. The supplied directory count indicates repeated auction indexing, but record volume alone does not establish authenticity, category mix, quality, scarcity, or value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Oskar Koller, the current source pack provides useful identity links but limited lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033776
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Koller
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500345329
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/62340797/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88083498
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118564897
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000109796023
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/101537867
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/254743
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/oskar-koller/