# Richard Paul Lohse artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-paul-lohse/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:04:45.516Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1902-09-13
- Death date: 1988-09-16
- Nationality: Swiss
- Movements: Concrete art, Constructive art
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking, Graphic art and design

## About Richard Paul Lohse

Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988) was a Swiss painter, printmaker, graphic artist, and publicist associated with concrete and constructive art. Authority records identify him consistently across Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and major museum profiles. He was born in Zurich and died there in 1988, although the exact calendar dates in this source pack come from a secondary reference rather than an institutional biography. Lohse’s documented activity across painting, printmaking, and graphic art places his work at the intersection of fine art and systematic visual design. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, prints, and other graphic works rather than within a single medium alone. His association with concrete and constructive approaches provides the principal art-historical context for interpreting those objects. Because individual works can differ substantially in format and production method, identification should begin with the object’s medium and its connection to Lohse’s established artistic practice.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts may include paintings, prints, and graphic works. The available authority and biographical records document Lohse as a painter, printmaker, and graphic artist, but the collected source pack does not establish specific recurring subjects, named series, favored supports, or edition practices. Any object should therefore be described from its own visible and documentary evidence rather than assigned to an unsupported series or category.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by matching an object to Lohse’s documented practice in painting, printmaking, or graphic art. These broad classes are not interchangeable, so comparisons should use auction records for the same type of work whenever possible. Appraisily’s artist page indicates an established body of auction-price records, but this source pack does not include lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, or edition details. It therefore cannot support a price trend or prediction. A defensible valuation requires comparison with relevant public sales after the artist identity and work category have been established. Auction counts and results may change as records are added, corrected, or newly published.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are publicly available. The depth of evidence varies by artist and object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547803
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/114189504/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500010583
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-paul-lohse-1523
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Lohse
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Lohse
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Lohse
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-paul-lohse/