# Vic Gentils artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:15:44.701Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Belgian
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking

## About Vic Gentils

Vic Gentils (1919–1997), also catalogued as Victor Gentils and Victor A. Gentils, was a Belgian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Library authority files, Wikidata, and MoMA connect these names to the same artist, while bibliographic records document exhibitions and retrospectives in Brussels, Rotterdam, Turnhout, Lille, and Antwerp. His practice therefore appears in collection and auction catalogues across several object types rather than within a single medium. Secondary references variously associate Gentils with New Realism and Flemish Surrealism, but the supplied institution-grade records do not resolve one definitive movement label; those terms are best treated as research leads rather than settled classification. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings, sculptural works, and prints, as well as in catalogues concerning portraits and commemorative monuments. Recognized name variants and the breadth of his media make careful entity matching especially important when comparing records.

## Common works and media

Authority records identify painting, sculpture, and printmaking as Gentils's principal documented media. Bibliographic exhibition records also connect his work with portraiture and commemorative monuments. These descriptions establish the types of objects that may bear his name, but the supplied sources do not provide a lot-level breakdown showing which category appears most often at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by identifying whether a work is a painting, sculpture, or print and then comparing it with records from the same category. Cataloguing should also reconcile the names Vic Gentils, Victor Gentils, and Victor A. Gentils so that relevant records are not missed. Subject and work type may further narrow comparisons, particularly for portraits or commemorative works. Where public auction results are available, sale date, realized price, dimensions, description, and attribution should be reviewed together. The supplied research pack does not establish price trends or record values, and object-specific condition, provenance, date, edition status, and authorship still require separate verification.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q828598
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79415533/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/109351320
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2121
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Gentils
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Gentils
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/vic-gentils/