# Robert Hainard artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-hainard/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:15:31.000Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1906-09-11
- Death date: 1999-12-26
- Nationality: Swiss
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Robert Hainard](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Robert_Hainard_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Xisco Avellà · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Hainard_(cropped).jpg

## About Robert Hainard

Robert Hainard (1906–1999) was a Swiss artist, naturalist and author. Authority records identify him more specifically as a painter, printmaker and sculptor, placing his practice across both two- and three-dimensional media. His work as a naturalist supplies an important context for interpreting his engagement with nature, although the collected sources do not assign him to a named artistic movement or document specific series. Born in Geneva and later dying in Gland, Hainard is represented in international authority systems including Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, the BnF catalogue and Wikidata. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with paintings, graphic works, sculpture and authored publications. These authority identifiers help distinguish his work and writings from records associated with similarly named people. Appraisily uses that identity framework as the foundation for matching the artist with public auction information while keeping biographical evidence and market evidence clearly separated.

## Common works and media

Authority records describe Hainard as a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Auction and appraisal searches may therefore encounter paintings, prints or other graphic works, and sculptural objects associated with his name. His documented identity as a naturalist also provides context for nature-related material. The collected sources do not establish named series, recurring formats, standard editions or particular materials, so those details should be verified from the object and its specific documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Robert Hainard's documented practice includes painting, printmaking and sculpture, so appraisal comparisons should begin by separating works according to object type and medium. Relevant public auction records can then be compared by sale date, realized price and the nature of the work, when those details are available. The collected source pack confirms an Appraisily auction-record presence but does not provide individual lot descriptions, condition reports, provenance histories, edition information or prices. It therefore supports identifying likely auction categories, not a price trend or prediction. Any valuation of a specific object should rely on object-level examination and genuinely comparable lots rather than the aggregate record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with auction records and auction-house context, including sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity claims and market observations are evaluated separately so that an aggregated auction signal is not treated as proof of attribution or value.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435340
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500032636
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/41841172/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/026912325
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119067038
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hainard
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-hainard/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Hainard_(cropped).jpg