# Pal Fried artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/pal-fried/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:49:05.746Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

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

## Portrait

![Pal Fried](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Pal_Fried.jpg/1280px-Pal_Fried.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pal_Fried.jpg

## About Pal Fried

Pal Fried, also recorded as Pál Fried and Fried, Pál, was a Hungarian-American artist and painter who lived from 1893 to 1976. Public authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and the Getty Union List of Artist Names corroborate his identity and lifespan. Fried is chiefly associated with portraits of women, dancers, ballet and theatrical scenes, and female nudes. Other biographical summaries also connect him with Western, Orientalist, and Hispanic genre subjects, although those secondary descriptions are less strongly documented in the available institutional sources. Collectors encounter Fried through a substantial body of auction records, especially paintings, while works on paper, prints, editions, and objects assigned to broader mixed-media or decorative categories also appear in market data. Because his subject matter and cataloguing categories vary, identifying the medium, dimensions, date, signature, and precise attribution of an individual work is important before selecting comparable sales.

## Common works and media

Auction and biographical sources most consistently associate Fried with paintings of women, including portraits, dancers, ballet or theater subjects, and nudes. Some secondary summaries also identify Western, Orientalist, and Hispanic genre scenes. Market records place additional works in categories for works on paper, prints, editions, mixed media, sculpture, and decorative art. These category labels should be treated as catalogue signals rather than proof of medium or authorship; the individual object's materials, signature, inscriptions, edition status, and attribution language should be verified.

## Market and appraisal context

Pal Fried has an extensive public auction footprint, but the breadth of the record does not make every result comparable. An appraisal should prioritize sales of works matching the object in medium, dimensions, subject, date, and attribution. Condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect how closely a past result applies. Public records can omit private transactions and may report prices under different fee conventions. Broad category labels such as painting, work on paper, print, mixed media, or decorative art should therefore be checked against the lot description and images. Recent comparable sales are useful evidence, but authentication and direct condition examination remain separate requirements.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records and auction-house context. When available, sale dates, realized prices, lot descriptions, images, and comparable lots are used to frame market evidence; private sales, incomplete feeds, fee conventions, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4492701
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500072693
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96191308/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/29474
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Fried
- Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Fried
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/pal-fried/