# Richard Bloos artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:52:05.945Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Movements: Düsseldorf school, Influenced by Impressionism
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Sculpture

## About Richard Bloos

Richard Bloos (1878–1957) was a German painter and etcher whose work is associated in secondary reference material with the Düsseldorf school and described as influenced by Impressionism. International authority records establish a consistent identity for Bloos across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the German National Library. VIAF also records sculpture among his occupations, although the supplied evidence offers less detail about that part of his practice. Indexed titles such as Bistro, Rue Mouffetard, Bouquinistes, and Cathédrale de Rouen point to an interest in cafés, street life, booksellers, architecture, and recognizable urban locations, especially in France. Collectors may therefore encounter Bloos through paintings or graphic works depicting city environments and everyday public life. The available sources securely establish his identity, lifespan, nationality, and principal roles, but they provide only a limited biographical account and do not document a complete chronology of his career.

## Common works and media

The source pack most clearly supports paintings and etchings, with sculpture additionally recorded by VIAF. Authority-indexed titles include Bistro, Rue Mouffetard, Bouche de chaleur, Bouquinistes, and Cathédrale de Rouen. These titles suggest that urban streets, cafés, booksellers, architectural landmarks, and scenes of everyday public life are useful subjects to consider when researching a possible Bloos work. The supplied evidence does not establish edition sizes, preferred dimensions, signature formats, or a definitive catalogue of works.

## Market and appraisal context

A Richard Bloos appraisal should begin by establishing whether the object is a painting, an etching or another work on paper, or a sculpture, since authority records associate him with all three forms. Subject and title can also matter when selecting comparisons: VIAF indexes works connected with Parisian street life and Rouen architecture. Useful auction comparisons should match the object as closely as possible in medium, subject, dimensions, date, attribution, and physical state, and should be assessed using sale dates and realized prices rather than estimates alone. The collected sources do not expose enough lot-level evidence to support a price forecast, market trend, or claim of rarity.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96000476/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500048077
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26857821
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bloos
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-bloos/