# Paul Emile Lecomte artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:17:16.546Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1877-10-29
- Death date: 1950-09-19
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Watercolor illustration, Book and cover illustration

## About Paul Emile Lecomte

Paul Emile Lecomte (1877–1950), also catalogued as Paul Émile Lecomte and Paul-Emile Lecomte, was a French painter and etcher. Authority records distinguish him through several established name forms, while French library data also records work as an illustrator. A biographical account places his birth and death in Paris and gives the full dates 29 October 1877 and 19 September 1950. His documented book-related work includes a cover for a 1944 volume about Béarn, the Basque Country, and the Côte d’Argent, as well as watercolors for a publication titled Paris. Together, these records indicate activity across painting, printmaking, watercolor, and illustration, although the collected sources do not establish a formal movement or a complete catalogue of subjects. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, etchings, watercolors, and illustrated publications. Careful identity matching is important because multiple artists and cultural figures share the Lecomte surname.

## Common works and media

Authority records support paintings and etchings as relevant work types. French bibliographic records additionally document watercolor and illustration work, including a book cover and watercolors associated with published volumes. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition sizes, or a documented practice in sculpture or ceramics.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s artist input associates 264 auction-directory records with Paul Emile Lecomte, but the collected evidence does not provide lot-level descriptions or results. Appraisal should begin by confirming the artist through the accented and hyphenated name variants recorded by Getty, VIAF, Wikidata, and French library authorities. Medium and object type are essential comparison filters: authority and bibliographic records identify painting, etching, watercolor, and illustration activity, but they do not show that these categories perform alike in the market. A defensible valuation requires comparable public lots that match the work type and attribution. No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or prediction should be inferred from the directory count alone.

## 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 Paul Emile Lecomte, the present source pack supports identity and work-type context more strongly than detailed market analysis.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21462590
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/311285639/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/169257169
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500048184
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_%C3%89mile_Lecomte
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-emile-lecomte/