# Theodor Alexander Weber artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:30:06.485Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1838-05-11
- Death date: 1907-03-02
- Nationality: German, French
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Theodor Alexander Weber](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Theodor_Weber_%28%C3%9CLuM_15-1866_S_8_LLoeffler%29.jpg)
Ludwig Löffler. · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodor_Weber_(%C3%9CLuM_15-1866_S_8_LLoeffler).jpg

## About Theodor Alexander Weber

Theodor Alexander Weber (1838–1907) was a German-born painter who became a naturalized French citizen in 1878. Born in Leipzig and later active in France, he appears in international authority records under several forms of his name, including Theodor Weber, Theodore Weber, Théodore Weber, and Théodore-Alexandre Weber. Getty's artist vocabulary identifies landscapes and marine subjects as characteristic areas of his work. These subjects place Weber within the broader setting of nineteenth-century European painting, although the collected sources do not establish a specific movement or school strongly enough to assign one here. Collectors may encounter his work under abbreviated or translated signatures and catalogue entries, making name reconciliation particularly important. His documented focus on landscape and maritime imagery also helps distinguish relevant works and comparable auction records from unrelated objects attributed to artists with similar surnames.

## Common works and media

The source pack identifies Weber principally as a painter of landscapes and marine scenes. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include coastal views, maritime compositions, and other landscape paintings catalogued under one of his documented French, German, or abbreviated name forms. The collected evidence does not support adding prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, or a named series as established categories.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work associated with Weber should begin by confirming that its attribution and catalogued name align with his documented authority records and name variants. Landscape and marine paintings form the clearest source-supported categories for comparison. Relevant public auction results should be matched as closely as possible by work type and subject rather than treated as interchangeable examples. Realized prices record particular historical sales and should not be read as automatic predictions for another object. The available source pack supports artist identity and broad subject categories but does not provide enough major-auction-house or lot-level evidence to assert a price trend, scarcity claim, or fixed value range.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026144
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/9761861/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2418454
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Alexander_Weber
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/theodor-alexander-weber/