# Paul Dom artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-dom/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:20:51.928Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Belgian, Dutch
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Paul Dom](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Pol_Dom_in_Catalogue_illustr%C3%A9_de_l%27exposition_de_arte_caritas_-_dans_les_salons_du_five_o%27clock_du_Grand_H%C3%B4tel_Weber_..._17_octobre_1908_%28IA_catalogueillustr00gran%29_%28page_29_crop%29.jpg)
Paul Dom · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pol_Dom_in_Catalogue_illustr%C3%A9_de_l%27exposition_de_arte_caritas_-_dans_les_salons_du_five_o%27clock_du_Grand_H%C3%B4tel_Weber_..._17_octobre_1908_(IA_catalogueillustr00gran)_(page_29_crop).jpg

## About Paul Dom

Paul Dom, also catalogued as Pol Dom and Paul (Pol) Louis Carel Dom, was a Belgian artist who acquired Dutch nationality in 1936. Wikidata identifies him as a Dutch painter and gives his lifespan as 1885–1978. These alternate names are important for research because institutional authority records and auction listings may not use the same form. Collectors are most clearly supported in associating Dom with painting; the available sources do not establish a particular movement, school, recurring subject, or named series. His presence in Getty ULAN, VIAF, GND, RKD, and Wikidata provides useful authority links for distinguishing him from similarly named people. Auction records may bring his work to collectors under either Paul Dom or Pol Dom, so an appraisal should reconcile the artist name, object evidence, and relevant comparable lots before drawing conclusions about attribution or value.

## Common works and media

Painting is the only work type clearly supported by the collected identity sources. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or other media. Auction and appraisal research should therefore verify each object's medium and reconcile listings under both Paul Dom and Pol Dom.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily associates public auction records with the Paul Dom artist page, but the collected source material does not expose enough lot-level detail to support a price range or market trend. A careful appraisal should compare records under both Paul Dom and Pol Dom, then examine whether the objects are genuinely comparable in work type, medium, date, dimensions, subject, condition, provenance, and attribution. Sale date, auction-house cataloguing, and realized price can add context when those fields are available. Because the present evidence clearly supports painting but not a broader list of media or categories, works described as drawings, prints, illustrations, or other formats require separate documentary confirmation rather than assumption.

## 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 and fields are publicly available. The evidence for Paul Dom is currently stronger for identity than for detailed market characterization.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2369544
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Dom
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500041514
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95950520/
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1396941614
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/23584
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-dom/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pol_Dom_in_Catalogue_illustr%C3%A9_de_l%27exposition_de_arte_caritas_-_dans_les_salons_du_five_o%27clock_du_Grand_H%C3%B4tel_Weber_..._17_octobre_1908_(IA_catalogueillustr00gran)_(page_29_crop).jpg