# Paul Joostens artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-joostens/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:57:06.467Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1889-03-18
- Death date: 1960-03-24
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Cubism, Dada, Belgian avant-garde
- Common media: Painting, Drawing, Collage

## Portrait

![Paul Joostens](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jozef_Peeters_met_vrienden_op_de_De_Keyserlei_V.l.n.r._Jozef_Peeters%2C_A.C._Willink%2C_Pelagie_Peeters-Pruym%2C_Paul_Joostens_en_Michel_Seuphor.%2C_asset_r2UaPUeAcHQNbIXIboTm6Jlw.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-thumbnail.tif.jpg)
Edgar du Perron · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jozef_Peeters_met_vrienden_op_de_De_Keyserlei_V.l.n.r._Jozef_Peeters,_A.C._Willink,_Pelagie_Peeters-Pruym,_Paul_Joostens_en_Michel_Seuphor.,_asset_r2UaPUeAcHQNbIXIboTm6Jlw.tif

## About Paul Joostens

Paul Joostens (1889–1960) was a Belgian painter, draughtsman and collage maker born and deceased in Antwerp. Authority records identify him as a Cubist and Dadaist, while Wikidata also places him within the Belgian avant-garde. His practice therefore sits at the intersection of experimental currents rather than within a single fixed label. A broader public biography associates successive phases of his work with Impressionism, Symbolism, Futurism and Surrealism, although Cubism and Dada are the best-supported contexts in the collected institutional sources. Collectors may encounter paintings, drawings and collages attributed to Joostens, including works on paper reflecting his graphic practice. His presence in MoMA, VIAF, Wikidata, IdRef and other authority systems gives the artist a stable cross-institutional identity. Those records are useful for distinguishing his work from similarly named people and for matching auction entries to the correct Belgian artist.

## Common works and media

The collected public sources identify Joostens primarily as a painter and draughtsman and also document his collage-making. Paintings, drawings and collages are therefore the most defensible work types to describe on this page. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, sculpture, ceramics or poster production, so those categories should not be inferred from his avant-garde associations alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that an object is associated with Paul Joostens, the Belgian artist born in 1889, rather than with a similarly named person. The collected evidence supports comparing like with like across paintings, drawings and collages and considering a work's documented date in relation to his Cubist or Dada context. Public auction records and their sale dates can provide comparison points when the underlying lots are sufficiently similar. Appraisily's artist index reports 330 associated records, but the source pack does not expose their category distribution or detailed lot evidence. That count should not be treated as proof of rarity, authenticity, condition, or present value. A defensible appraisal requires review of the relevant individual records before reaching a conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research and authority records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. Conclusions should be based on the underlying evidence rather than record count alone.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/085702390
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/66585980/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2030691
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2941
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joostens
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joostens
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-joostens/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jozef_Peeters_met_vrienden_op_de_De_Keyserlei_V.l.n.r._Jozef_Peeters,_A.C._Willink,_Pelagie_Peeters-Pruym,_Paul_Joostens_en_Michel_Seuphor.,_asset_r2UaPUeAcHQNbIXIboTm6Jlw.tif