# Otmar Alt artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/otmar-alt/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T11:33:28.653Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, objects and mixed-media work, Drawings and graphic works, Linocuts, Watercolors and etchings

## Portrait

![Otmar Alt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/OtmarAlt1007_0028.jpeg)
Otmar Alt Stiftung · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OtmarAlt1007_0028.jpeg

## About Otmar Alt

Otmar Alt, born in 1940, is a German painter, designer and sculptor who is also represented in library records as an illustrator. Authority records from Wikidata and IdRef agree on his identity, birth year and German association. Bibliographic records aggregated by VIAF document a varied practice that includes paintings, sculpture, objects, drawings and graphic works, with specific references to linocuts, watercolors and etchings. Public descriptions emphasize experimentation and vivid color, although the collected institutional sources do not assign Alt to a single formal movement. Collectors may therefore encounter his work in both unique and reproducible formats, ranging from paintings and works on paper to sculpture, mixed-media objects and editions. This breadth also means that two works carrying his name may differ substantially in medium, dimensions, production method and edition status. Identification should consequently begin with the individual object's signature or inscriptions, materials, measurements, date and documented history.

## Common works and media

Auction and bibliographic records indicate that collectors may encounter Otmar Alt paintings, drawings, watercolors, graphic works, linocuts, etchings, sculpture, objects and mixed-media pieces. Prints and other editions should be checked for technique, edition size, impression number, signature and publisher information. Unique works should be documented by materials, dimensions, inscriptions, date, condition and provenance. Decorative or object-based works should not automatically be compared with paintings or prints simply because they share the same artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

Otmar Alt has a substantial presence in Appraisily's matched public-auction data, spanning paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative objects and editions. A useful comparison should match the object as closely as possible by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition and edition status. Signatures, inscriptions, attribution confidence, restoration history, provenance, exhibitions and catalogue references may also affect how a work is assessed. Recent realized prices for genuinely comparable lots provide more relevant context than an artist-wide median alone. Public results remain incomplete: private transactions may be absent, feeds can omit sales, and reported totals may treat buyer premiums or fees differently. Authentication and direct condition inspection may materially change an appraisal conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216483
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/230346782
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/64798469/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500028438
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otmar_Alt
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/otmar-alt/