# René Richard artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/rene-richard/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:09:04.508Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Canadian
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![René Richard](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Ren%C3%A9_Jean_Richard.jpg)
René Richard · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Richard

## About René Richard

René Richard was a Swiss-born Canadian painter associated with semi-abstract landscapes of the Canadian wilderness and the country around Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. This landscape focus provides the clearest identity signal in the current source pack and helps distinguish the painter from another René Richard whom Wikidata identifies as a Canadian architect. Collectors are most likely to encounter Richard through paintings and landscape subjects, although Appraisily's auction index also groups matched records under broader categories such as works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Those broader labels should be treated as market-index classifications, not as a complete catalogue of the artist's practice. The current public evidence is too limited to state exact life dates, formal movement memberships, or a detailed chronology with confidence. For appraisal and entity matching, the René-Jean Richard name variant, Canadian landscape subject matter, and Baie-Saint-Paul context are therefore especially important.

## Common works and media

The clearest documented works are paintings of the Canadian wilderness and landscapes around Baie-Saint-Paul, often described as semi-abstract. Appraisily's index also places matched lots in broader groups covering works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, but the limited source pack does not establish how representative those categories are of Richard's overall practice. Medium, support, dimensions, signature, date, subject, and condition should be recorded before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public artist page reports 31 matched auction records, including 25 priced results, across sales dated from 2015 through 2026. The observed prices span $75 to $7,200, with a reported median near $2,160; these figures describe the collected records and are not price predictions. A useful comparison should match the work's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and provenance as closely as possible. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, exhibition history, catalogue references, and edition details may also matter. Because private transactions, incomplete feeds, fees, and later attribution changes may be absent, public auction results should support rather than replace object-specific examination.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage may be incomplete, and identity or attribution conflicts are retained as research caveats.

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Richard
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/rene-richard/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123694636