# Paul Beaulieu artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-beaulieu/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:13:35.744Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1910-03-24
- Death date: 1996-04-20
- Nationality: Canadian
- Common media: Painting

## About Paul Beaulieu

Paul Beaulieu is presented here as Paul-Vanier Beaulieu, a Canadian painter born in Montreal in 1910 and deceased in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in 1996. Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, Library of Congress, ISNI, and RKD identifiers collectively distinguish this artist from other people who share the shorter Paul Beaulieu name. Collectors may encounter either the full name or abbreviated forms such as Paul V. Beaulieu and P. V. Beaulieu in catalogues and authority records. The collected public sources securely establish his identity and profession, but they provide little usable detail about particular movements, techniques, subjects, or named series. Those fields should therefore be determined from object-specific evidence and stronger institutional or catalogue documentation rather than inferred from the artist’s nationality or dates. Appraisily associates the public artist page with an auction-record collection, while treating identity reconciliation as essential when reviewing comparable works.

## Common works and media

The collected authority sources identify Paul-Vanier Beaulieu as a painter, so paintings are the only confidently supported work type for this profile. The source pack does not establish particular painting techniques, recurring subjects, print editions, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or named series. Objects attributed to the artist should be described from their own catalogue entries, inscriptions, materials, dimensions, and documented history rather than assigned an unsupported medium or subject category.

## Market and appraisal context

Market review should begin by confirming that a work catalogued under Paul Beaulieu belongs to the Canadian painter Paul-Vanier Beaulieu rather than another person with a similar name. Relevant comparisons should use public auction records attached to the same authority identity and should match the object’s actual work type. The available source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, dates, or technique details from a major auction house. It therefore supports an auction category of paintings and identity-based comparison, but not a price forecast, market trend, preferred period, or claim that particular subjects command a premium.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For this artist, the current identity basis is stronger than the collected biographical and lot-level market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63584092
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/62892979/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500529367
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Vanier_Beaulieu
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-beaulieu/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82088989
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000073807113
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/103503