# Simon Dittrich artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/simon-dittrich/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:28:44.912Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Drawing and graphic art, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![Simon Dittrich](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Simon_Dittrich.jpg)
Lilian Dittrich und Simon Dittrich · CC BY-SA 1.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Dittrich.jpg

## About Simon Dittrich

Simon Dittrich (1940–2024) was a German painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist. Public authority records establish his identity across several international library and art-research systems. The collected sources do not establish a specific movement, school, or named series, so such labels should not be assigned without further documentary evidence. In auction contexts, his name appears across broad categories that include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These categories describe how matched lots have been classified, not a complete catalogue of his practice. Collectors may particularly encounter graphic and paper-based material consistent with his identification as a draughtsman and graphic artist. Because auction databases can combine incomplete descriptions or uncertain attributions, signatures, inscriptions, medium, date, provenance, and catalogue references should be examined carefully when determining whether a work belongs to the documented artist.

## Common works and media

Matched auction records place works associated with Simon Dittrich in categories including paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. His authority descriptions as a painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist provide the strongest support for paintings, drawings, prints, and other graphic works. The broader sculpture, mixed-media, decorative-art, and edition categories have thinner identity-level support and should be verified against each lot's description, photographs, signature, materials, and provenance.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched auction data provides a useful starting point for understanding Simon Dittrich's public market, but individual results should be compared with care. Medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence can all affect comparability. Subject matter and the availability of closely related public sales may also matter. Broad category labels should not be interpreted as proof that every recorded object belongs to a documented body of work. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, attribution revisions, and inconsistent treatment of buyer premiums can limit direct comparisons, so a qualified appraisal should consider the object itself alongside the most relevant recent records.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, fee conventions, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2287447
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/25393715/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84127365
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118526065
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000032952007
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/242797261
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/267998
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Dittrich
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/simon-dittrich/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Dittrich.jpg