# Raffi Kaiser artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/raffi-kaiser/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:48:28.177Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1931-05-27
- Nationality: French, Israeli
- Common media: Drawing, Painting

## Portrait

![Raffi Kaiser](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Raffi_Kaiser.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raffi_Kaiser.jpg

## About Raffi Kaiser

Raffi Kaiser is a French-Israeli painter, visual artist, and draftsman, born in Jerusalem in 1931 and associated with Paris. Wikidata and VIAF align his name with a single artist identity, while VIAF connects records maintained by institutions including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the German National Library, the National Library of Israel, the Library of Congress, and Getty ULAN. Collected biographical material particularly identifies Kaiser with ambitious drawings centered on China, Israel, and Japan. This geographic focus, together with his recognition as both painter and draftsman, gives collectors useful context when distinguishing drawings, prints, paintings, and other works carrying the Kaiser name. The available sources do not firmly associate him with a named art movement or school, so his page is better grounded in documented media, subjects, and authority identifiers than in a speculative stylistic label. Individual works still require examination of signatures, inscriptions, dates, provenance, and physical characteristics.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Raffi Kaiser through drawings and other works on paper, including works connected with China, Israel, or Japan. Painting is also supported by his authority description as a painter. Appraisily's auction index additionally contains broad classifications for prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, but the collected biographical sources do not establish each of those categories as a major part of his practice. For appraisal purposes, determine the exact medium and support, inspect signatures and inscriptions, record dimensions and condition, and distinguish unique works from numbered or otherwise editioned material before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Raffi Kaiser's public auction records are most useful when a candidate work is compared with lots sharing its medium, dimensions, date, subject, and condition. Works on paper deserve particular attention because drawing is central to the available biographical record. Signature and inscription details, edition information for prints, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, restoration, and attribution confidence can all affect whether an auction result is genuinely comparable. Appraisily's current market index assigns records to several broad categories, but those groupings should not be treated as a definitive catalogue of Kaiser's output. Public results provide evidence of past transactions, not a price guarantee, and may omit private sales or later attribution changes.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity and authority records with matched public auction data. When available, the market record includes auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, images, and comparable lots; incomplete feeds, private transactions, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62059745
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/13744093/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500107314
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123545815
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi_Kaiser
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/raffi-kaiser/