# Roger Capron artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/roger-capron/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T10:34:02.829Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1922-09-04
- Death date: 2006-11-08
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Ceramics, Decorative tiles and architectural ceramics, Ceramic sculpture, Ceramic inlay on wood

## About Roger Capron

Roger Capron (1922–2006) was a French ceramist whose career centered on the possibilities of clay, surface, and architectural application. Born in Vincennes, he studied applied arts in Paris before beginning his professional path in art education and ceramics. The official Roger Capron site documents a broad practice that includes shaped ceramic pieces, architectural ceramics and decorative panels, tiles, tables, ceramic inlay on wood, sketches, and ceramic sculptures. This range helps explain why his work appears across decorative-art, design, sculpture, and ceramics contexts. Collectors may encounter individual vessels or sculptural objects, functional and architectural elements, and editioned or collaborative works. Identification is strongest when an object can be connected to its form, materials, date, signature or markings, documented provenance, and relevant exhibition or catalogue history.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include ceramic sculpture, decorative tiles, architectural ceramic panels, shaped ceramic pieces, tables, ceramic elements applied or inlaid on wood, sketches, and other decorative-art or editioned objects documented through the artist’s official site. Works should be assessed individually because material, scale, construction, date, surface treatment, markings, condition, and provenance can vary substantially.

## Market and appraisal context

Roger Capron appraisal begins with a like-for-like comparison. Medium, scale, date, career period, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscription, edition details, and attribution confidence can materially affect how a work compares with other examples. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and recent public sales of closely comparable objects may also be important. Appraisily’s collected market index contains substantial matched auction activity for Capron, but public results should be treated as evidence rather than a guaranteed value. Auction reporting may differ in the treatment of buyer premiums and fees, while private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## 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 available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3438783
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/38746532/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/077351533
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb144803466
- Roger Capron: http://www.rogercapron.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Capron
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Capron
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/roger-capron/