# Paul Daxhelet artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1905-11-25
- Death date: 1993-10-03
- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: painting, etching

## About Paul Daxhelet

Paul Daxhelet (1905–1993) was a Belgian painter and etcher born in the Liège region. Active across a career spanning more than six decades, he is recorded as a figurative painter whose subjects include Congolese scenes produced during extended work in Belgian Congo from 1951 onward. Daxhelet's work was selected for the art competitions held alongside the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics, placing him within the European figurative tradition of the mid-twentieth century. He spent much of his life in Liège, where he died in 1993. His paintings and etchings appear with some regularity on the Belgian and regional auction market.

## Common works and media

Daxhelet is known primarily as a painter in oil and an etcher. Figurative compositions, portraits, and scenes inspired by his time in Belgian Congo are the most commonly encountered subjects. Works appear as oil paintings on canvas and panel, etchings and prints on paper, and drawings. No evidence of editions, multiples, or sculptural work was found in available sources.

## Market and appraisal context

Collectors and appraisers encountering work by Paul Daxhelet should consider medium (oil on canvas, panel, or paper versus etchings and prints), subject matter (figurative compositions and Congolese-period scenes), dimensions, condition, and provenance. The absence of a published catalogue raisonné means attribution should be supported by stylistic analysis and, where possible, exhibition or collection history. Works from his Congolese period may carry distinct collector interest. Comparable auction results from Belgian and regional houses provide the most reliable pricing benchmarks.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page draws on library authority records from the Library of Congress, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, supplemented by Wikidata and Wikipedia. Appraisal guidance reflects general art-market principles and should be combined with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014046414
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/20283
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/124240882/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500134066
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2710788
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daxhelet