# Sylvain Vigny artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/sylvain-vigny/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:40:00.000Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1903-04-08
- Death date: 1970-02-04
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting

## About Sylvain Vigny

Sylvain Vigny (1903–1970) was a French painter born in Vienna, Austria. The available authority data identifies him as a painter, while the collected biographical source records that he settled in Nice in 1934 and died there in 1970. This places his documented working life within a French context centered, at least from the mid-1930s, in Nice. The present source pack does not establish a named movement, school, signature subject, or formal series, so those labels should not be added without stronger museum, catalogue, or estate evidence. Collectors are likely to encounter Vigny through the secondary market: Appraisily's matched index reports 161 tracked lots, including 78 with prices, across 2001–2026. Those records make his name relevant for appraisal and comparison, but broad category labels and a matched-name variant require lot-level checking. Identity, medium, date, dimensions, signature, provenance, condition, and attribution should be verified for each object rather than inferred from the artist name alone.

## Common works and media

The source pack securely supports painting as Vigny's occupation and primary documented medium. Appraisily's auction taxonomy also places matched lots in paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Those labels are broad market categories, not a verified catalogue of Vigny's practice. For appraisal, describe the object's actual support and technique, record dimensions and markings, and treat prints, editions, sculpture, or decorative objects as requiring extra attribution and identity checks until stronger catalogue evidence is available.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched market index reports 161 records, 78 priced, an observed range of $20 to $2,160, and a median around $190; these figures describe recorded public results, not a price prediction. The page also notes broad or sparse category concentration, so the most useful comparison is a genuinely similar lot rather than the overall median. Medium, size, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, demand, and attribution confidence may all affect comparability. Reported totals may include buyer's premiums or fees, and private sales, incomplete feeds, or later attribution changes may be absent. Because “silvain” appears among matched names, each candidate comparable should also be checked for artist identity.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records. When available, the market layer uses auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Records remain a starting point: private sales, incomplete feeds, fees, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22009877
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Vigny
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500067204
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/18770672/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sylvain-vigny/