# Paul Emile Berton artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-emile-berton/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:17:08.483Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity



## About Paul Emile Berton

Paul Emile Berton is an artist name that requires careful disambiguation. The collected authority material does not support a single, secure biography. Getty groups Berton name forms with a record for Paul Berthon, described through roles including design, painting, poster art, printmaking, and lithography. Wikidata, however, identifies Paul Berthon as a French designer and lithographer and expressly notes that he is often confused with a painter named Paul Emile Berton. The collected records also present incompatible life dates, so birth and death information should not be published here until an institution-grade source clearly separates the two artists. Collectors may encounter works assigned to this page in both painting and graphic-art contexts, but signatures, medium, subject, date, and catalogue attribution need to be checked before a work is connected to either identity.

## Common works and media

The available evidence does not support a definitive list of common works for Paul Emile Berton. The associated Getty authority record mentions painting, graphic art, poster design, printmaking, and lithography, but it may combine two artists. Works offered under this name should be classified from their physical medium and catalogue attribution rather than from the name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by determining whether a work belongs to the painter recorded as Paul Emile Berton or to the designer and lithographer Paul Berthon. That distinction controls which paintings, posters, prints, or lithographs can serve as meaningful comparables. A reliable assessment should examine the signature, inscriptions, medium, dimensions, subject, creation date, provenance, condition, and the wording used by the auction house. Appraisily currently associates numerous auction records with this page, but the collected source pack does not reconcile those lots against the identity conflict. Realized prices should therefore be compared only after authorship and work type have been reviewed.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For this artist, identity reconciliation is required before those records can support dependable comparisons.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2178796
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006763
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-emile-berton/