# Richard Geiger artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-geiger/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:27:39.837Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1870-06-29
- Death date: 1945-02-09
- Nationality: Austrian
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Illustration, Engraving, Poster design, Ex libris and bookplates

## Portrait

![Richard Geiger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Richard_Geiger_self_portrait.jpg)
Richard Geiger · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Geiger_self_portrait.jpg

## About Richard Geiger

Richard Geiger (1870–1945) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist of Jewish descent. Authority records connect the name with an Austrian artist born in 1870, while the collected biographical sources give Vienna as his birthplace and Budapest as the place of his death. His recorded practice extended beyond easel painting: sources describe paintings and genre pictures alongside illustrations, ex libris, posters, engravings, and other graphic work. This breadth helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on both unique objects and printed material, although the source pack does not establish specific editions, publishers, or named series. No well-supported movement affiliation appears in the collected evidence, so the artist is best identified through his nationality, dates, occupations, and documented work types rather than an assigned school. The available identity records are stronger than the accessible market documentation.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Richard Geiger include paintings and genre pictures as well as illustrations, ex libris, posters, engravings, and other graphic material. The collected sources do not identify named series, publishers, edition sizes, or a catalogue raisonné, so printed works should be described according to the evidence visible on the individual object.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected pack confirms a public Appraisily auction-directory page for Richard Geiger, but that page was rate-limited during collection and supplied no readable lot-level evidence. The biographical record supports several auction-relevant categories—paintings, genre pictures, illustrations, ex libris, posters, engravings, and graphic works—but does not support claims about price trends or relative scarcity. Appraisal research should therefore begin by identifying the individual object and its medium before selecting comparable public sales. Attribution, date, condition, dimensions, provenance, edition status, sale date, and realized-price comparables should be verified from the object and accessible auction records rather than inferred from this identity profile.

## 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. In this source pack, identity and work-type evidence is available, while accessible lot-level market evidence is limited.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27579073
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500501914
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/121377804/
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Geiger
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Geiger
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-geiger/